"Tan Lang, over there on Zhenguang Street, what is the signal in winter?"

Before going out in the morning, Ye Weilai asked curiously while dressing Ouyang Rong.

Ouyang Rong paused as he straightened his cuffs and replied:

"It's also a flower pot, you can leave flowers out, but the flower pot should be at the wall of that yard, if there is no flower pot, come back and tell it, just like now."

Ouyang Rong said lightly.

Ye Weilai nodded: "Nu'er understands, it's the same as the flower pot with chrysanthemums in autumn every day." If not, you have to notify Tanlang, right? ”

"Hmm."

Ouyang Rong lowered his eyes.

This is the early warning sign of the crisis that he agreed with Qin Heng a long time ago.

If it is on Zhenguang Street, the flower pot on the wall of Qin Heng's house finds an accident, it is a warning of something, and he needs to meet in a private room in Yunshui Pavilion.

However, some flowers do not bloom in different seasons, so the signals of different seasons were also agreed upon.

At the beginning, it was spring and summer, and it was agreed that the switch between azaleas and begonia flowers would be made, but now it is the golden autumn season, and it is the presence or absence of chrysanthemum potted plants.

This signal early warning, in the matter of Meng Shouguang's fake messenger, he had helped Ouyang Rong and gave him a lot of help.

Later, it has been retained, Ouyang Rong will let Ye Weilai take time to go out every day to check the signal of Zhenguang Street in Xingzifang, and sometimes let the half-thin maid do it for him.

Although Qin Heng is currently being selected by General Qin Lao as the striker, the two still retain this agreement by default, which can be regarded as prepared.

"If there is a change...... Even if it's just a change of flower pot type on the wall, you have to notify me as soon as possible. ”

Ouyang Rong didn't forget to tell another word before leaving.

"Yes, Tanlang. But this season, except for chrysanthemums, there are no potted flowers. ”

Ye Weilai nodded and looked back at the direction of the wardrobe.

"Tanlang, where's the little guy?" She asked, lowering her voice.

"I've sent it to my little sister."

Ouyang Rong didn't raise his eyelids.

Miao Si was recently sent to the little junior sister by him and hid in Jingyi Garden, but in the past two days, I heard the little junior sister complain that this fairy lady was about to pluck the goose raised in Jingyi Garden.

And Ouyang Rong heard from the little junior sister that Miao Si also gave these geese nicknames, among which the one that was plucked bald the most thoroughly, listening to his proud muttering, it seemed to be called "Xiao Rongzi".

Ouyang Rong listened to it at the time, but didn't speak, but decided to wait for the next time to come back, and he had to take care of the fairy to wash the dust.

Out of his mind, after dressing, Ouyang Rong turned around and went out.

……

Jiangzhou lobby, inside the main hall.

Ouyang Rong summoned Yan Liulang, retreated from everyone, and asked directly:

"Lieutenant Envoy Khufu and Lin Lingtailang, what are the movements in the past few days?"

Yan Liulang whispered;

"Envoy Hu has been listening to Zhuxuan's side, and he doesn't go out much, except for the occasional banquet...... For the sake of defense, the humble post has always been with Hu Zhong's envoy.

"As for Lin Lingtailang, the whereabouts that our people can find out about is that he has often been to the Shuangfeng area recently, and compared to Hu Zhong, he seems to be quite concerned about the progress of the Donglin Giant Buddha.

"In addition, our people, the day before yesterday, found that Lin Lingtailang appeared on the ferry boat on the Xunyang Ferry, and checked, the ferry was bound for the south, passing to Longcheng and Jishui.

"Later, I sent someone to confirm that he did go to Longcheng, and Diao County Ling immediately sent a letter, saying that Lin Lingtailang walked around Longcheng County and personally went to see the Folding Wing Canal, as well as the Dagu Donglin Temple, the ruins of the ancient Yue Sword Shop, and ......"

"What else?"

Ouyang Rong, who was listening silently, turned his head and asked Yan Liulang, who wanted to speak and stopped.

The latter took a deep breath: "There is also a shrine on Xiaogu Mountain to commemorate the Ahsan brothers. Lin Lingtailang went in at that time and put on a stick of incense. ”

Ouyang Rong nodded: "Understood." ”

Yan Liulang couldn't help but say:

"Mingfu, what does he mean by this? Is it to inquire about the situation and investigate the case, or ...... Showing favor to the Ming Mansion? ”

Ouyang Rong whispered: "There may be both." ”

"Both?"

Yan Liulang thought thoughtfully: "It seems that last time, Da Lang and Qin Xiaoniang went to him to drink tea together, and they didn't drink in vain." ”

Ouyang Rong interrupted and asked, "So he said he came back yesterday morning?" As soon as I came back, I went to Yunshui Pavilion to drink tea. ”

Yan Liulang nodded: "Well, I've seen him go often before." ”

"Okay."

Ouyang Rong bowed his head, and then asked:

"By the way, what about Rong Zhen?"

"We almost can't catch the traces of this female historian, and we haven't seen anyone below report it, where have we seen her." Yan Liulang shook his head: "These Yin and Yang Qi cultivators are all a little elusive. ”

Ouyang Rong shook his head: "Isn't Lin Cheng not?" He was also sent out by Si Tianjian. ”

Yan Liulang was stunned for a moment and scratched his head:

"Hey, it seems that this is indeed the case, why is Lin Cheng traced, wait, what the Ming Mansion means is that this Xia Guan Lingtailang deliberately showed some of his whereabouts to us? He could have disappeared without a trace? Is he trying to mislead us, or is he exposing his kindness to give us peace of mind? ”

Ouyang Rong shook his head and did not answer:

"Keep watching, there is a debriefing, especially ...... Pay attention to Rong Zhen's side. ”

"Yes."

Yan Liulang clenched his fists heavily, but before leaving, he glanced at the autumn sun in the morning on the corridor, and asked curiously:

"Didn't the Ming Mansion go to the Supervision Yuan every morning, why don't you inquire yourself, remember some time ago, isn't there still gossip ......?"

Under Ouyang Rong's looking back and narrowing eyes, Yan Liulang hurriedly coughed and ran away and left the main hall.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to leave a copy of today's new newspaper.

Ouyang Rong looked at the new news on the table that he personally sent to the Supervision Yuan every day, and was silent for a moment......

He first dealt with urgent official business for a while, and then stood up, straightened his appearance, and walked out of the main hall.

Two quarters of an hour later.

Ouyang Rong, as usual, came to the Supervision Yuan.

However, he did not go in immediately, but first sat down at the breakfast stall outside the supervision courtyard and ordered.

After eating a bowl of spicy soup and two pieces of flax cakes, after filling his stomach, Ouyang Rong took out the broken silver and put it on the table, and walked into the supervision institute amid the joke with the stall owner.

Ouyang Rong came to the Supervision Yuan on time with the new line report.

Rong Zhen is still not there.

He stood outside the sun-drenched hall door and looked around at the empty hall.

After a while, Ouyang Rong, whose face was not surprised, walked in, came to the table and chair that belonged to Rong Zhen at the top, and put down this new line report.

Turn away.

Passing by a few familiar women, Ouyang Rong chatted a few words, and then walked out of the Supervision Yuan.

I heard from them that the female Shi seemed to have something to do in the morning, and only came to the Supervision Yuan in the afternoon to deal with the accumulation of official business such as the new line newspaper.

Ouyang Rong boarded the carriage and returned.

On the way, he lifted the curtain and looked outside, his face calm.

After the last secret meeting that Wei Shaoqi and Wang Lengran participated in, Rong Zhen is like this now.

Ouyang Rong came over every day to deliver the new line newspaper, and he never ran into her again.

Rong Zhen should have known that he came over on time every morning, but he didn't go to him in the afternoon.

Of course, if you think about it, it doesn't seem necessary.

Ouyang Rong put it on the curtain and sighed softly.

"I can't say it, I paid the sword of the candle in the snow, and I only knew that she knew the nickname of the frost, even if I told you seriously, you didn't believe it, and it is estimated that no one will believe it all day.

"As for ...... Xiuniang, I'm not even sure if she's an incognito woman, and even if she is, I don't know the title. ”

After a pause, he sat alone in the carriage and rubbed his right cheek:

"Can't you smile like Wei Shaoqi and Wang Lengran and look down on me?"

……

Xingzifang, Zhenguang Street.

Not far from the courtyard where chrysanthemum pots are placed on a certain wall, in an inconspicuous alley, there is a figure of a girl in a cold palace costume.

Occasionally, a peddler pawn passed by the entrance of the dark alley, but he didn't find the silent girl hidden inside.

Rong Zhen raised his head and glanced at the sky.

Just after the morning, the morning market in Xingzifang is particularly lively, and the noise on the street can be heard from time to time.

I heard Ouyang Lianghan introduce that there are many delicious breakfast stalls on the street here in Xingzifang, which are even more delicious than the one at the gate of her supervision institute.

But Rong Zhen hasn't eaten for the past few days, and it's the same today.

She couldn't eat it.

Rong Zhen was expressionless, with a stinky face of a fairy who owed money in his mouth.

She quietly looked at the pot of chrysanthemums on the wall of the courtyard not far away.

This pot of chrysanthemums is unremarkable, but it is carefully cared for and watered by the hostess in the yard every day, and placed on it.

At the same time, sometime after the sun has just risen every morning, there will also be a low-key horse-drawn carriage from the Huaiye Lane Mansion in Xunyang Fang, passing here.

It was a carriage of ladies who had come out to buy melons, fruits, cakes and other things, and there should have been maids from the province sitting on it.

Every time it passes by this Zhenguang Street, it will happen to open a corner of the imperceptible car curtain, like a white horse passing through a gap.

Rong Zhen's sharp eyes saw that in the curtain that was lifted in that corner, there was always a touch of familiar silver-white that she had seen......

Rong Zhen knew her.

Seeing that the time had not yet come for a certain carriage to pass by again, and that it was too early today, Rong Zhen stood quietly and looked at the yellow flowers on the wall that had not changed for many days.

Suddenly, she didn't want to wait any longer.

A gust of autumn wind blew, and the figure of the palace girl in the alley disappeared.

After a while, the figure of the palace girl reappeared in this house with chrysanthemums on the wall, and she passed by the living room, wings, kitchens, backyards and other places.

The housewife surnamed Zhao in the house and a few maids ate meals, washed dishes, arranged flowers and other life behaviors as usual, Rong Zhen was like a cloud floating by, without attracting anyone's attention.

It's not the first time Rong Zhen has come in.

In fact, when she came in for the first time, she didn't do as she did now, but was cautious and paused from time to time, very wary of the sword of the Yue Nu that appeared behind a certain curtain......

Rong Zhen moved forward silently, and she now knows the identity of the owner of this house.

This woman surnamed Zhao is the daughter of Qin Heng, the commander of Guoyi in Zhechong Mansion, and this private house on Zhenguang Street belongs to him.

However, right now, Qin Heng, as the general of the vanguard army of the expeditionary army, is following Qin Jingqin, the general of the Jiangnan Provincial Marching Army, to go out on the expedition, and without the male host, the courtyard is suddenly empty......

Oh, Rong Zhen's figure quietly appeared in the wall where the flower pots were placed.

She turned and looked around the courtyard.

In addition to the chrysanthemums on the wall, there are also seven pots of chrysanthemums in the yard.

There are no other colors, and the models of these pots are almost the same as those on the wall, at least the careful Rong Zhen can't see any clues.

Rong Zhen pursed his lips.

I looked at the chrysanthemums blooming in the wind on the wall again.

In the past, a gust of autumn wind blew across the courtyard, and the figure of the cold palace costume also disappeared by the wall.

At the same time, the autumn wind also blew over the wall.

The pot of conspicuous chrysanthemums that bloomed in late autumn fell down and "snapped" against the dirt inside the wall.

This small movement, which seemed to be an accident, did not attract the attention of the women and maids surnamed Zhao in the main hall at all. The ladies in the hall talked and laughed.

……

When Ouyang Rong received this urgent news, he had just returned from the Supervision Yuan.

Jiangzhou lobby, at the back door.

Ouyang Rong silently boarded the carriage and glanced at the white-haired girl wearing a hat opposite.

Underneath the white veil, her melon seed face was particularly serious.

Ouyang Rong patted Ye Weilai's little shoulder with his big hand:

"I see, thank you."

"Tanlang, what should I do now?"

Ouyang Rong thought for a moment, raised his head and ordered:

"Don't worry, you go to Yunshui Pavilion first, open an empty box as a private person, and then leave, go directly back to the Huaiye Lane mansion, don't come out again...... Go ahead and do as I say. ”

"Yes, Tanlang."

Ye Weilai nodded a little nervously and prepared to leave.

"Vilai."

Ouyang Rong turned around and called out to her.

"What's wrong, Tanlang?"

Ouyang Rong looked at her for a while, pursed his lips and asked:

"I've been reading a lot of books these days."

"Hmm."

"Then you should have some calm." He nodded: "No matter what happens, don't be impulsive anymore, focus on protecting yourself, no matter what happens, you have to remember...... Wait for Tan Lang to come. ”

Ye Wei was stunned and nodded vigorously.

"Hmm."

The low-key carriage that saw Ye Weilai leave in a hurry.

Ouyang Rong turned around and returned to the main hall, first briefly explained the official affairs, then asked for leave for half a day, changed into a regular uniform, and left the Jiangzhou lobby.

The carriage that Ouyang Rong was riding deliberately circled a few times before stopping at Yunshui Pavilion.

On the third floor, Ouyang Rong walked into a familiar box and sat down calmly.

He lowered his head and poured tea, quietly waiting for Qin Heng's people.

At the same time, I didn't forget to pour seven points full of hot tea for the teacup on the opposite seat.

It's been a long time.

No one came.

Ouyang Rong refilled the cold teacup on the table several times.

During this period, he frowned slightly, and looked at the closed box door from time to time, his eyes were a little puzzled.

Ouyang Rong got up, walked around the box a few times, and finally sat down.

Keep waiting.

I don't know how long it took.

The sun rises to midheaven and slowly sets again.

The guests of Yunshui Pavilion came one after another, and the sound downstairs changed from lively to silent.

In the box, Ouyang Rong sat alone with his head bowed, just refilling the teacup on the empty seat in front of him.

Finally.

The door to the box in front of him was pushed open.

A cold and cold palace girl walked in, sat down in front of Ouyang Rong, directly picked up the hot teacup, and poured it on the ground next to her.

The tea leaves fell to the ground.

With a calm face, she asked the handsome young man in front of her who was particularly surprised:

"Ouyang Lianghan, who are you waiting for?"

(End of chapter)