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Chapter 841: Once you meet Liang Han, you will regret it for the rest of your life [Please give me a monthly ticket! ]

Returning to Xunyangfang from Xingzifang, a long street passes right by the Supervisory Yuan.

Ouyang Rong bought two golden and crispy sesame cakes from the breakfast stall in front of the Supervisory Council with ease.

"Young man, you don't need to pay. The young lady has already paid the previous bill. She also paid a tael of silver. She said that as long as you come to eat, it will be deducted from it. If you don't come again, it will be given to us."

Ouyang Rong paused and retracted the hand that was handing over the copper coin.

"okay."

He nodded calmly, turned around and left.

After walking a few steps, he slowly stopped at the street corner.

Ouyang Rong turned around and glanced at the breakfast stall.

I didn't expect that the lady had already paid.

He remembered that in the past when he and Rong Zhen came to eat, they would always write down the bill first, because she always forgot to bring money, and Ouyang Rong was often "short of money".

Every time I wait for him to pay my monthly salary before coming to settle the bill...

Ouyang Rong's gaze passed over the breakfast stall and fell on the slightly quiet Supervisory Council behind the stall.

After Miaozhen and the others left with Hu Fu, the Supervisory Council was left empty, except for a few female officials who stayed there.

After looking at the door of the Overwatch Council for a while, he did not see a cold figure of a girl in palace dress walking out quickly from it.

Ouyang Rong turned and left, walking along the long street towards the Jiangzhou lobby.

She must have paid it secretly on the two days of her aunt's birthday.

Speaking of which, at that time, the two were still "good colleagues".

Although paying the bill in person was somewhat inconsistent with the style of the lady who never carried money, it was... very consistent with her personality.

When getting along with others, she is always cold and keeps people at a distance, but for many things, Rong Zhen always thinks about them in advance, does them in advance, and does them silently, without actively publicizing them or telling others.

She seemed to have kept Ouyang Rong's promise to her in mind, but she acted as if nothing had happened and never urged him.

But if someone fails to do so in the end, the lady will always remind him by "being unreasonably sulky" or "having a face that looks like he owes money".

Ouyang Rong suddenly remembered that he seemed to have promised the Lady Historian that if he was promoted to be an official in Xiuwenguan in Luoyang, he would go on duty with her in the evening at Yinglong Gate in the imperial city, and they could go to Luoshui at night or burn incense at the White Horse Temple.

Rong Zhen must remember this in her heart...

The new cake was a little hot through the wax paper.

Ouyang Rong came back to his senses, took it in his other hands, and began to eat it with relish, walking along the long street towards the Jiangzhou lobby.

He was walking on a busy street in a scholar's robe, without any official attendants like Liu Lang by his side. Apart from his handsome face which usually attracted the wandering glances of aunties doing business and young ladies shopping, he did not attract any special attention.

Just like an ordinary man.

But he was also a passerby that the ladies who ran the stalls on both sides of the street felt more familiar with.

Because he was often seen buying food at the breakfast stall in front of the Supervisory Yuan.

Sometimes, there was a short girl with a pretty face but coldness beside him, who seemed to be a female official in the Overwatch Council...

After a few visits, and with this thin face that is the favorite of aunties and grandmas, I naturally became familiar with it.

But when they and the people passing by on the street saw Ouyang Rong's attire, most of them thought he was a student at the provincial school, or a student at a small academy in Mount Kuanglu.

As for more details, it is difficult to see.

In one's lifetime, one will meet many such people. One often bumps into them on familiar street corners, passes by them, remembers their faces, but has never dealt with them. Then one day, one no longer sees them, and they don't know where they have gone, and one never knows their details.

Everyone is busy with their own things.

Perhaps it is just as Pei Shisan Niang said, it is really hard to "overestimate" a man with a handsome and fair face, and it is good enough that he does not arouse people's imagination.

In addition, not many people in Xunyang City have seen the true appearance of Governor Ouyang Lianghan.

It’s not that the young governor is not approachable.

There aren’t any big screens in this era, so even if there are large occasions where you can see it, everyone can only see it with their naked eyes.

If the Donglin Buddha celebration ceremony had not been temporarily disbanded last time, but had continued as usual, many Xunyang citizens would have been able to see the face of this young governor who was famous in Jiangzhou...

Apart from this, the appearance characteristics of such great nobles and officials can only be passed down by word of mouth among the people of Xunyang.

When Ouyang Lianghan first took office, there were a lot of rumors coming from the Jiangzhou lobby, saying that this commander was a handsome man.

But when ordinary people chat after dinner, except for infatuated girls and ignorant young girls, most of them think it is a bit exaggerated.

Moreover, whenever Ouyang Rong went on any trip that involved some pomp, he would usually sit in a carriage in a low-key manner and rarely ride a tall horse through the streets in a ostentatious manner.

But it does not mean that he is separated from the common people.

On the long street where the aroma of cakes and noodles mixed with the stench of chicken and duck, Ouyang Rong chewed a fresh pancake and walked forward silently.

He knew the prices of meat, rice, and salt in the East Market every day, as well as the prices of cloth, gold and silver in the West Market, which was more comprehensive than what most Xunyang people knew.

Like now, whenever Ouyang Rong had time to pass by in the morning, he would take a look around, or stop in front of the stall and ask something.

"Mingfu, you are here! It's early today."

In the Jiangzhou lobby, officials who had started the early morning shift were already busy coming and going.

As soon as Ouyang Rong stepped into the door, Yan Liulang came to greet him.

Yan Liulang poked his head out to glance behind Ouyang Rong and was not surprised to find that he was alone.

The blue-robed captain clasped his fists and reported:
"Ming Fu, Li Yu and Fang Yiwu asked to see you. They said that it was Shisan Niang who asked them to come. You gave the order."

"Take him to the main hall. I will change my clothes. Liu Lang, you must be working hard to come here so early every day."

Ouyang Rong passed by Yan Liulang, stuffed the extra sesame cake he bought into his arms, and walked away.

Yan Liulang couldn't help but look at the back of his own Mingfu, grinned, peeled off the oil paper, ate the hot pancake, and jogged to catch up.

In fact, Yan Liulang, who had always been by Ouyang Rong's side, felt the change in Ouyang Rong's official style most clearly.

I remember that when he was in Longcheng, Mingfu was bold and decisive in his style. He always did things personally, liked to mingle with the common people, often conducted on-site inspections, and appeared in front of the people of Longcheng. Well, he collected countless pickled radishes.

At that time, the people of Longcheng gave Mingfu the nickname "Carrot County Magistrate".

But when they arrived in Xunyang City, Mingfu suddenly changed his style, as if he was completely immersed in it.

He has reduced the number of public appearances and has been very low-key. Most of the time, he has quietly visited the morning market and come to work like he did this morning.

At first, Yan Liulang thought that there were malicious enemies like Wang Lengran at that time, so the Ming Mansion was lying in wait.

But later, Wang Lengran and the people of the Wei family were "outlasted" one by one by the Ming family.

By now, the position of governor has changed, the Jiangzhou hall is full of their people, and the power of Jiangzhou is in the hands of Mingfu.

But the Ming Mansion still maintains this low-key style and rarely appears in public.

Yan Liulang was puzzled at first and asked Mingfu.

He remembered that the Ming Mansion only replied with one sentence:
"Xunyang City is different from Longcheng County, governing a state is different from governing a county, and a county is even more different from a township."

Yan Liulang remembered that he had a brain twitch at that time, and asked an extra question: "What about governing a country?"

The Ming official was walking in front at the time, and he seemed to say with a smile:

"This is not a good idea, but if I must say it..."

Yan Liulang was concentrating, thinking that the governor would say something like "Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish" as often seen in books, but he didn't expect that after laughing, he only said four words:
“The elephant is invisible.”

Yan Liulang only had a vague understanding of it at the time, and he has been pondering it over and over again over the past few days.

Until the period after the Battle of Shuangfengjian, he followed the rules set by the Ming government, presided over the city affairs in a conservative manner, and personally took part in the battle. He found that people's livelihood recovered very quickly. In two months, Xunyang City healed the scars of the Big Buddha incident and returned to its former prosperity, even better than before.

Recently, voices of praise have gradually emerged in Xunyang City, praising the young governor for his lack of desire to make trouble and maintaining long-term peace and stability.

Although many people had never seen the young governor, they could all clearly feel that after he took office, the government had much less to do. And in the Buddha-building incident that was making headlines all over the world, Jiangzhou was obviously one of the protagonists, as a giant Donglin Buddha was about to be built.

But later on, the "Donglin Buddha" collapsed inexplicably. The people who were waiting for the thunder storm did not see the young governor doing anything, and they could not help but look at each other in bewilderment.

It's like when the snowman that the kids built in winter falls over, they just let it melt and everyone goes back to their own homes without any trouble.

If you insist on saying that it is "lazy", it seems to be true, but if you ask whether it likes such governors and government officials, the answer is definitely yes and it would love it to be that way.

At this moment, the reputation of the Jiangzhou governor spread instantly, and even the people far away in Yangzhou began to hear that there was a "trouble-free governor" in Jiangzhou who built a giant Buddha for the empress without much work or cost.

Yan Liulang was completely convinced.

At this moment, Yan Liulang first ordered his men to bring Li and Fang to the main hall, and then followed Ouyang Rong to report the matter of "not messing with the good reputation".

Ouyang Rong, who was walking in front, just said "Oh".

"Mingfu, is this what the book says, that those who are good at fighting have no glorious achievements?"

Before Ouyang Rong entered the door, he turned around and corrected him seriously:

"Nonsense, the renovation of Shuangfeng Peak, Xunyang Grottoes, and Xingzifang, aren't these great achievements? Aren't these great achievements?"

He started laughing halfway through his self-praise.

He stopped joking, turned around and walked into the main hall.

"Mingfu."

Yan Liulang suddenly shouted.

"what happened?"

Ouyang Rong's steps paused slightly in the air;

Yan Liulang was quiet for a moment, then said with a smile:

"So, we shouldn't make it public that Mr. Ming is taking a break for recuperation, right? We don't need to let the people in the city know about it."

"Well, everything is business as usual."

"it is good."

Yan Liulang turned and left.

Just then, a minor official came with Li Yu and Fang Yiwu. The two sides greeted each other and passed each other.

Yan Liulang turned his head to glance at the young governor who was preparing to commit a crime with his back to the gate.

In fact, what he suddenly wanted to ask just now was, if Mingfu went to Luoyang to be an official in the future, would his style of work be different from that of being an official in Longcheng or Xunyang? What kind of "invisible elephant" would that be?

After the blue-robed captain left, in the main hall,
Ouyang Rong met with Li Yu and Fang Yiwu.

Li Yu was still the same, plump and kind, bowing to greet.

Ouyang Rong tilted his head and asked him first:

"Brother Li, why don't you come directly to Huaiye Lane to find me? Or follow Yuan Changshi and ask Shisan Niang for help?"

Li Yu shook his head:

"You are a busy man, and the affairs of the common people are only small matters. How can I bother you casually?

"I went to see Madam Pei just to ask if there is anything I can do to help. I want to do my bit for you and the people."

Ouyang Rong advised:

"The Overwatch Council has dropped the charges against you. There is no female official guarding you anymore. You are now a free man.

"If you want to stay and find a job, there is one, but you have to think it through. Yunmeng Jianze is now irreconcilable with the imperial court. Your action is equivalent to taking sides, which may implicate your youngest daughter Li Shu."

Li Yu was silent for a moment and shook his head:

"No, I have not submitted to the court. I want to follow you, sir, and do things that benefit the people of Jiangnan. I am not an enemy of Jianze and Yuanjun. What's more, Yuanjun's successor, Your Excellency Yue Chuzi, and you..."

Li Yu stared at Ouyang Rong with a complicated look in his eyes. He paused and changed his words:

"Well, I also believe that the Second Lady is not a narrow-minded person, and nothing will happen to my daughter Li Shu if she follows her.

"I only hope that...if it really comes to that one day, you can let Li Shu go for my little kindness."

Ouyang Rong waved his hand:
"You don't have to talk so far ahead. Your daughter is not yet of age and is ignorant. She was coerced by someone. Even if the Great Zhou law is followed, she will not be harmed. Don't worry. If that day comes, it will only be you who saved your daughter from the 'tiger's mouth'."

Li Yu took a deep breath:

"I have no regrets. Thank you very much, sir. I will do my best to serve you."

Ouyang Rong said a few more words of comfort and turned his gaze to Fang Yiwu.

The latter quickly clasped his fists:
"I, like Mr. Li, also want to do things for you and the people. However, I know I have made mistakes. Although you have not pursued the matter any further, I feel guilty. I have discussed this with my wife for a long time and came here to atone for my sins. I hope to make amends for my crime."

Ouyang Rong glanced at him:
"Mr. Fang, you are too kind... By the way, where are your two daughters?"

Fang Yiwu clasped his fists and said with a smile:
"The two girls ran away again, but this time, they didn't run away from home without permission. The two girls were very sincere and first discussed with me and my wife, and only went out after getting permission."

Seeing Ouyang Rong's curious expression, Fang Yiwu scratched his head and said:
"Didn't the young master send someone to ask if I have any news or channels to contact Yunmeng Jianze? Those channels have been closed, including the Yunmeng Orders in the hands of the two girls. I can't find a way to contact Yunmeng Jianze.

"They said they felt a little sorry for the misunderstanding that had happened with you before. As for the matter of Monsieur Yue, they wanted to help you. This time they left home with the Yunmeng Token and went to Tiannan Jianghu to get information about Jianze. They wanted to see if they could use the Yunmeng Token to enter Jianze and help you contact Monsieur Yue.

"I and my wife felt that this was not a joke, so we let them go. Of course, the premise is that they are guaranteed to be safe..."

Fang Yiwu stopped talking, looked at Ouyang Rong's face, and asked cautiously:
"Ming Fu, I haven't done anything wrong here, right? If it's not right, I will call them back."

Ouyang Rong shook his head:

"It's alright, let them go. Regardless of whether they can find the place or not, I appreciate their kindness."

Fang Yiwu clasped his fist cheerfully:
"Okay, sir!"

Ouyang Rong encouraged the two again.

After a cup of tea, he picked up the teacup, sipped the tea and saw the guest off.

Li Yu and Fang Yiwu bowed and resigned.

Just as he walked out the door, Fang Yiwu suddenly stopped.

"By the way, there's one more thing."

Ouyang Rong and Xi asked: "What?"

Fang Yiwu said somewhat embarrassedly:

"Xiu'er and Shengnan left some words before they left, and they wanted me to pass them on to you, young master."

Ouyang Rong nodded:
"But there's no harm in talking."

Fang Yiwu recalled:

"Shengnan said...she has figured it out. Not everyone can be like Master Ouyang and become the shining star in the so-called Jianghu.

"My mother and the elders may be right in their earnest words, but there is no need to be discouraged. It would be a pity if we don't walk into the world of martial arts in our hearts ourselves, but just let others walk through it or listen to others' stories about it."

Ouyang Rong was a little dumbfounded.

After a while, he smiled:

"As expected of Ms. Fang, she puts her hands on her hips when she speaks."

Fang Yiwu stared in surprise:
"Sir, how do you know that this girl was asking for a beating when she said this?"

Ouyang Rong smiled and said nothing,
"What about Miss Fang's?"

Fang Yiwu looked a little hesitant:
"For sleeves, make them shorter."

Ouyang Rong was a little surprised to see him hiding something:
"What?"

"Xiu'er said...said..."

Under the curious gaze of the young man in the scholar's robe and the sidelong glance of Li Yu beside him, Fang Yiwu, who had always been a man of rough appearance, actually lowered his head in a somewhat coy manner and muttered:
"If you don't see a good writer, your life will be ruined. If you see a good writer, your life will also be ruined."

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