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Chapter 286 Brave Crown Dragon City 【End】

Holding a pile of sesame cakes wrapped in oil paper,
The skin on the chest was reddened through the fabric.

Ouyang Rong was completely sober.

He left the linseed cake stand, and handed a bunch of linseed cakes he bought impulsively to the hands of passers-by.

In the end, only three cakes were left,
Two stuffed into the bosom,
One piece of oil paper was torn off, and Ouyang Rong lowered his head and gnawed on it.

With his mouth full of cake, he suddenly grinned, a little sadly.

Because I remembered that Ah Shan bought linseed cakes for him for breakfast, and remembered that every time Ashan passed by Penglangdu, he would silently buy two pieces of linseed cakes to take home for his mother and sister.

Under the slightly strange eyes of passers-by on the street, Ouyang Rong quickened his pace and left, striding towards Peng Langdu, with his back to the wharf where boats and junior sisters were waiting.

Ouyang Rong had an impulse in his heart and wanted to see Ah Qing and Aunt Liu.

It wasn't until this moment that he suddenly understood why he hadn't been very happy in the past few days despite being promoted to the fifth rank.

I understand why it is difficult to untie the eyebrows when packing the luggage and looking at the sword with the light on.

I also understand why today I relax my temperance and allow myself to be drunk with the wine of the folks.

Ouyang Rong took a deep breath, the three sesame cakes in front of his chest were warm, and his heart was also hot. Ouyang Rong's footsteps became faster and faster. When he passed through a busy street, he saw several people walking towards him in front of him. A city official turned his head immediately and went into the alley.

After a while, a cold-eyed female worker with a thin tongue walked out of the alley and merged into the crowd, silently passing by the searching city officials.

Leaving Tanlangdu, Ouyang Rong took off the bronze mask, stuffed it into his sleeve, stopped a carriage, and rushed to Ashan's house on the outskirts of the city.

Looking at the familiar house in front of him, Ouyang Rong's footsteps became slower and slower, and finally stopped ten feet away from the courtyard wall.

He touched the warm sesame cake on his chest, and wandered around in front of the yard.

Ouyang Rong turned his head from time to time, and glanced at the rammed-earth courtyard wall that was so low that he could easily climb over it.

"Why is there no sound in the room? What are Ah Qing and Aunt Liu doing... Is Ah Qing sitting quietly on the small bench, knitting clothes deftly, or is she resting, doing origami in a daze, and studying the iris folding method I taught her? …

"Where's Aunt Liu? The doctor said she's awake or comatose and in good health, but she can't be stimulated and can't tell her about Ah Shan... Is Aunt Liu still lying on the hospital bed, looking out the door and window, mumbling about when Ah Shan will be... return……"

Ouyang Rong's footsteps seemed to be filled with liquid lead, it was difficult to take a step, and he dared not climb over the low earth wall in front of him.

Suddenly, he saw the courtyard door in front of him pushed open, and someone came out, not Ah Qing, but a young woman.

The woman was very unfamiliar, wearing a white dress, with a scarf around her waist, carrying a pot of muddy water with floating leaves, walked to a jujube tree outside the courtyard, poured it out, propped herself up with one hand, wiped her sweat, and took a rest.

In the yard behind her, there was smoke rising from cooking.

Ouyang Rong was slightly stunned, and immediately realized that this young woman should be Ah Shan's unmarried daughter-in-law, and Liu Lang and the others had mentioned it before.

"Remember, Ah Shan and her seem to be just engaged... Is she still staying at Ah Shan's house, taking good care of her in-laws and sister-in-law... She is a kind and peaceful woman, as honest as Ah Shan, and Ah Shan has not met the wrong person."

Ouyang Rong felt happy and sad at the same time, because he remembered that a certain dull man had boldly and sincerely invited the master to attend the wedding.

The young woman didn't notice the existence of a certain wind gathering and storing energy not far away. Standing under the tree, she looked at an official road outside the village with a little worry, as if waiting for something.

Ouyang Rong frowned slightly, did Ah Qing go out?Where did you go?

At this moment, Ouyang Rong saw the young woman's eyes light up, he let out a long sigh of relief, and went forward to meet her.

Ouyang Rong followed the young woman's gaze.

The last rays of the setting sun had already set, and the night was slowly falling. On the dim official road in the distance, a slender and petite figure was approaching and meeting the young woman.

It was Ah Qing. With her familiar little figure and the familiar bow tied at the waist of her underskirt, Ouyang Rong recognized her at a glance. He had taught her to tie it in the first place.

Why did the Ru skirt on Ah Qing get bigger and bigger...it became haggard and thinner... Ouyang Rong's nose was slightly sour, and he opened his mouth to the air in front of him, but it seemed that someone had sealed his acupuncture points and didn't call out his name.

He saw the young woman turn around and walk back to the yard with Ah Qing.

The young woman asked, "Didn't Sister see him?"

"I see." The slender girl shook her head, her eyes slightly blank:
"But there are a lot of people, many people are seeing off the master, A Qing didn't squeeze in..."

The young woman thought for a while, "Did he see you?"

"I didn't seem to see it... but I seemed to have seen it. The master drank a lot of wine and there was a lot of noise next to him. I shouted a few times and he seemed to look over. I don't know if he saw it or not. I, I don't know."

Ah Qing lowered her head in a daze, looking at the floral cloth bag in her arms that had been hugged and returned:
"Maybe the master doesn't want to see me either. It will make me sad."

The young woman raised her hand and touched the girl's frustrated little head:

"Sister-in-law think about it, maybe he just forgot, and he didn't see it today. It's not that he doesn't want to see you."

"Oh."

Ouyang Rong was slightly stunned. Ah Qing also went to see him off?But at that time, he had been drinking the farewell wine of his fathers and villagers, his mind was a little drunk, his reaction was slow, and he didn't see her.

The young woman took the floral cloth bag in Ah Qing's hand, opened it, took out a clean and tidy Confucian shirt, touched the delicate and tight needlework, and said regretfully:
"Sister-in-law has been knitting for so long, I wish I could send it earlier."

"No...it's okay."

Ah Qing tried his best to force out a smile and held the sleeves of his brother and sister-in-law to comfort him: "Look back, I'll go find Brother Yan and ask him to help send it over. It's the same thing."

Ouyang Rong couldn't bear it anymore.

"Who said the same?"

He left the shadow, stepped forward quickly, came to Ah Qing and the young woman, and took the Ru shirt directly.

Ouyang Rong lowered his head and unfolded his Confucian shirt, shook it, tried it on next to his body, and said seriously to the two girls who looked astonished:

"I have to come over and try it on. If the size is too small or too big, I have to ask you to help me change it."

"Old... lord."

Ah Qing stared at the young man with a bright smile on his back, with wide-eyed aura, surprised and flustered:

"You, didn't you leave by boat?"

Ouyang Rong raised his hand, paused for a moment, then continued to reach out and rubbed Ah Qing's head:

"Silly girl."

He turned his head and smiled apologetically at the surprised young woman:
"It's been a hard day these days."

The young woman shook her head vigorously.

It was already dark outside, and the three of them entered the yard without standing still.

Ouyang Rong asked: "Where is Aunt Liu?"

The young woman pointed to a quiet west wing room, put her finger to her mouth, and hissed.

Ouyang Rong nodded silently.

The young woman wiped her hands on her apron and went to the kitchen with a happy face to prepare meals for the distinguished guests.

Ah Qing blushed excitedly, as if she had a lot to say.

She led Ouyang Rong to a main room with a dining table, and asked him to sit down. The young girl trotted to pour tea with her eyes bright and aura.

"No, don't bother."

Ouyang Rong stretched out his hand to stop Ah Qing, and pulled her to sit down with her.

"I'm here because I want to tell you something."

Ah Qing looked at him curiously, and whispered, "Master, tell me."

Ouyang Rong corrected seriously: "Remember, from now on, don't call me master."

Ah Qing's body was slightly stiff, but Ouyang Rong's next words made her stunned:

"Call me Brother, or Tan Lang."

"what……"

Ouyang Rong reached out and pressed her thin shoulders:

"From now on, I won't call you Aqing anymore, I will call you Amei.

"Ashan is my robe? His mother and sister are my mother and sister of Ouyang Lianghan. I will take care of him as a filial piety!"

Ouyang Rong took a deep breath and said uncontrollably:

"I don't like to say nasty words, I always feel that actions are more powerful than words, just like Ah Shan.

"So I have been seeing you in the future, and I just let Liu Lang and the others come to greet and take care of me from a distance. Apart from being a little shameless, I just wanted to do it in silence. In fact, I have already treated you as mother and sister.

"However, I also feel a little guilty, because having a son and elder brother like me is not necessarily a good thing for you mother and daughter.

"Because I still wear many masks and identities, and I need to shoulder a lot of responsibilities. What I want to do will offend many people, and where I want to go, there will be many dangers. They may be even more vicious than the Liu family. The situation is even more severe than Dragon City.

"Just like Xunyang City, which I am about to go to now, the situation is not much better than that of Dragon City. It will probably be arranged into a larger iron cage to trap me and Li Mansion.

"That's why I don't dare to get too close to you, too often, or even take you to live in Meiluyuan, enjoy the great wealth, and fear that someone with a heart will stare at me and find my weakness."

Ouyang Rong took out the oiled paper bag in his arms, lowered his head and slowly peeled it off, and said softly:

"This practice of 'ignoring it' and silently caring for it is indeed calm and rational, but the reason why people are human is because there is always such a willful abandonment of reason for a moment.

"Ah Qing, no, Amei, if I don't say these words in person, I will be depressed and think about them all day long. It's rare to be happy."

Ah Qing stared blankly at him, and Ouyang Rong handed out a piece of golden sesame cake with both hands, with an extraordinarily bright smile:

"So I came here to say, sister, wait for me, okay?

"When I break through this last dangerous shackle, and the sea and the sky are bright, I will come to pick you up, leave Jiangnan, and go to see the prosperous Luoyang together!"

Ah Qing's face was flushed red, her pink lips twitched: "Old...brother, good! I, I and my mother are waiting for you." A little excited.

Ouyang Rong smiled.

Ah Qing bowed her head: "A righteous sister?"

Ouyang Rong nodded vigorously, "It's no different from my own sister."

Ah Qing hesitated to speak, Ouyang Rong suddenly took down a sword case and handed it over:

"By the way, I almost forgot to mention, it's here."

"it?"

Ouyang Rong nodded: "Senior, I was going to give you a gift."

Ah Qing tilted her head, her small face half-understood: "It's called... Craftsmanship?"

Ouyang Rong nodded lightly and opened the sword box, "Actually, you are its powerful person. The old man was planning to send you and it to Yunmeng Jianze."

"Yunmeng Jianze?"

"A very powerful place, even...may be very suitable for you, sister."

Ah Qing asked: "Brother, are you going?"

Ouyang Rong shook his head: "How could I go there, besides, there are all female cultivators there."

The girl with the word "Yue" embroidered on her forehead shook her head: "Then Ah Qing is not going either."

Ouyang Rong had no choice but to point to the "glazed iris petals" in the sword box and asked:

"My sister doesn't want it at all?"

Ah Qing didn't even look at the tripod sword, she closed the sword box with her dexterous little hands, and handed it back:

"Brother protect us."

Ouyang Rong frowned, and Ah Qing looked down at the New Confucian shirt, as if he was more interested in the New Confucian shirt, stood up, and handed it to him:

"Brother, give it a try and see if it fits."

Ouyang Rong nodded and put on new clothes.

Ah Qing pointed at his waist and frowned slightly: "The size seems a bit wider."

"It's okay. A larger size is better than a smaller one. You can wear it for more time."

Ouyang Rong spoke casually, stood up, took off his clothes, and turned his head to look at the night outside the house.

Ah Qing suddenly asked: "Miss Xie, are they still waiting for brother at the pier?"

"Ah."

"Brother, please leave quickly," the smart girl said with concern, helping him fold his clothes and stuff them into a floral cloth bag.

Ouyang Rong took the floral cloth bag and got up hesitantly.

Ah Qing suddenly opened his thin arms and whispered: "Can you give me a hug?"

Ouyang Rong was slightly taken aback.

Ah Qing raised her eyes and looked at him: "I just want to measure brother's waistline, next time I'll make you an autumn jacket."

"oh oh."

Ouyang Rong and Ah Qing hugged each other lightly, and after they parted, Ouyang Rong picked up the sword case again, and Ah Qing bowed his head and sent him out of the main house.

Hearing the footsteps, the young woman walked out of the kitchen and asked regretfully: "Master, won't you stay for dinner?"

Ouyang Rong glanced at the sky and hesitated slightly: "You can have some..."

At this moment, an old woman's voice came from the long silent west wing:

"Who's in the yard?"

Ouyang Rong, Ah Qing and the young woman immediately fell silent.

Mother Liu woke up.

"Ah Shan? Is Ah Shan back? Ah Shan, my son, are you back... Ah Qing, Yun Niang, where are you? Call Ah Shan here..."

In the West Wing, the excited voice of the old lady came, followed by the soft sound of getting off the bed and putting on her shoes.

The three people in front of the courtyard suddenly became tense.

Ashan's widow, named Yun Niang, hurried to the west wing to comfort Liu Mu.

Ah Qing gently pushed Ouyang Rong out of the door and lowered his voice:
"Master, you go first, we can take care of you here."

After she finished speaking, she turned her head, and ran into the west wing with a worried face, and coaxed Mother Liu together with her sister-in-law Yuniang.

Standing at the gate of the dimly lit courtyard, Ouyang Rong took a few steps forward, suddenly stamped his feet, and touched his sleeve...

In the west wing room, Ah Qing and Yun Niang squatted in front of the couch, holding down Liu Mu's skinny legs that were halfway through wearing shoes.

"Mom got it wrong, it's not brother, brother... brother hasn't come back yet."

"Really? Then, when did Ah Shan come back?"

Looking at the expectant old woman, Ah Qing felt sad and opened his mouth: "Brother, he...he..."

Mother Liu suddenly interrupted her daughter's words: "Ah Shan? You, you are back!"

Ah Qing and Yun Niang were taken aback for a moment, but when they looked back, they were both surprised.

"A... Mom."

A dull man stood at the door, strode to the couch, knelt on one knee, tightly grasped the old woman's cold and wrinkled hands, and whispered: "I'm back."

Mother Liu burst into tears, and hugged Liu Ashan: "Ashan, Ashan, you are finally back! Where have you been these days, they all said you were away, why didn't you say hello to your mother?"

Mother Liu was crying, Liu Ashan buried his head and remained silent, looking a bit dull, after a while, he took out a piece of linseed cake from his bosom and handed it to the old woman.

Mother Liu wept with joy, wiped her tears and blamed: "Ah Shan is wasting money again..." Her tone could not be fierce.

Liu Ashan stuffed the cake with expectant eyes and motioned for her to try it. Liu's mother had no choice but to take a bite of the cake and said, "Okay, it's delicious, it's delicious..."

"Come on, come on, go eat quickly and come back quickly. Ah Shan must be hungry."

The old woman who was originally weak and bedridden actually got down to the ground with dexterity and trotted to the kitchen to cook. Her complexion was rosy and she recovered as before.

Liu Ashan nodded slightly to Ahqing and Yunniang, and the two girls' eyes suddenly became enlightened, and they went to the kitchen to help quietly.

A quarter of an hour later.

The main house is brightly lit.It hasn't been this bright in a long time.

A square dining table was once again occupied.

The whole family gathers.

During the banquet, Liu's mother happily served Liu Ashan with vegetables.

Under the watchful eyes of the three women around him, the dull man buried his head in grilling the rice, and he never refused to pick up vegetables.

Ah Qing silently filled a big bowl of rice for her mother who had been anorexic for a long time, but the old woman ate it up surprisingly, but she kept her eyes on her son who came back during the whole meal, and frequently picked up vegetables for him.

About half an hour later, after the meal was finished, Liu Ashan put down his bowls and chopsticks, suddenly knelt down on one knee, grabbed Liu's mother's hand, and said goodbye seriously.

He said that he would go to Xunyang City with his master to take up his post tonight, and stay there for a long time.

After a happy night, Mother Liu's face slowly returned to calm. She turned her head to look at the night outside the door. She looked quietly for a while, then nodded in a daze, without stopping:
"Good. Safe journey."

The young man wearing a heavy mask breathed a sigh of relief, nodded to Ah Qing and Yun Niang, and strode out of the main house.

As he walked towards the entrance of the courtyard, Mother Liu's calm and hoarse voice suddenly came from the main room behind him:
"My son...is he brave?"

Ouyang Rong's body suddenly stopped, Ah Qing and Yun Niang trembled, and both lowered their heads.

The atmosphere inside and outside the house was silent for a while.

The young man in front of the door suddenly looked back. He was wearing a bronze animal mask on his head. The animal mask was shaped like a fox head. The corners of his mouth made of bronze were greatly curved, and he had an exaggerated smile, a bright smile, and a happy smile:

"Bravely crowned Dragon City."
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(End of Volume [-])

　The first volume is called "Craftsmanship", and the language of the volume: Come back!Wealth and honor are not my wish, and the imperial hometown is unpredictable.There shouldn't be too many brothers paying attention.

　　The next volume, "The Poor", the language of the volume:

　　The counselor enters the game with his body, and wins the sky with chess.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)