He was silent for a while and asked, "Is there anything special around her neck?"

Ah Qing was stunned for a moment, with an expression on his face as if he was trying to remember something, and replied softly:

"There seems to be a faint red mark, I don't know if it's a wound or a birthmark..."

Ouyang Rong suddenly became quiet.

"Brother, what's wrong?" Ah Qing asked with concern.

In front of the bed, the Confucian scholar wearing a fox mask shook his head and did not answer.

He actually wanted to answer that maybe it wasn't a birthmark, but a tooth mark, a very deep bite mark.

I finally swallowed the words, the taste in my mouth was unspeakable.

From this point of view, Ouyang Rong's original guess was correct. The mute Xiu Niang and the volunteer in Sanhui Yard who took care of his daily life under the pseudonym Zhao were the same person. And the "bullying in the dream" that Ouyang Rong vaguely remembered was the same person.

It is very possible that what actually happened happened in the courtyard below.

It's hard to calm down.

After a while, Yun Niang returned holding a sword box filled with well water.

Ouyang Rong said farewell thoughtfully, lowered his head to take the sword box, and dove into the dark night wind outside the door.

Ah Qing and Yun Niang watched silently.

…

The next day, morning.

The convoy of Jiangzhou Biejia and Jiang Governor Shi who came down to inspect the counties arrived at Longcheng County.

Magistrate Diao and other Longcheng County government officials personally went ten miles out of the city to greet him.

Ouyang Rong's figure appeared in the motorcade as scheduled. He, Li Dalang and Xie Lingjiang got out of the car together, and faced the reception lunch of the Longcheng officials with a normal expression, as if he had just returned.

After the banquet, I learned from Magistrate Diao that several female officials from Xunyang City were investigating the case in the market.

Li Dalang, Ouyang Rong showed interest on his face, and was taken over by Magistrate Diao for a look in the afternoon.

After meeting several female officers investigating the case, Ouyang Rong inquired about where Xia Rongzhen was.

A female official replied that the female historian went out last night and returned in a hurry this morning. She seemed to be in a bad mood and returned to Xunyang City alone in the morning without waiting for anyone.

Ouyang Rong nodded calmly.

Early the next morning, the inspection of Longcheng ended, and this inspection could be considered to have come to an end.

Everyone immediately took the boat and returned to Xunyang City.

The ship arrived at Xunyang Ferry in the afternoon of that day. Ouyang Rong originally thought that Rong Zhen would come to "greet" her. After all, she had the responsibility of supervision. She had also been very strict in controlling people from the Xunyang Palace when they came in and out of the city.

Unexpectedly, no one came at all. There was no sign of a cold and cold girl in palace attire. Only the officials in the Jiangzhou lobby came to greet them.

It seems that the female officials investigating the case in Longcheng are right. Rong Zhen's mood is indeed very bad. I don't know if she is busy or thinking about something important. Even Ouyang Rong and Li Dalang are too lazy to pay attention to it and are stingy.

energy.

Thinking of this, Ouyang Rong couldn't help but feel a little guilty, and glanced at a sword box with numerous achievements in the luggage behind him.

For a while, his expression continued to look as if nothing had happened.

Ouyang Rong returned to Jiangzhou lobby and took a walk around.

In the days since I left, nothing major happened in Xunyang City, everything was as before.

The important thing that Jiangzhou Hall is currently preparing is the banquet to welcome Qin Jingqin the day after tomorrow.

An envoy from Yangzhou came in advance to deliver a message. The chief marching officer of Jiangnan Road appointed by His Majesty arrived in Xunyang City the morning after tomorrow.

Ouyang Rong, who had returned from a long journey, summoned Liu Lang to ask, and found that there was nothing important to do, so he ran to Xunyang Prince's Mansion to report that he was safe...

In the evening, Ouyang Rong finished everything and Shi Shiran returned to the Huaiye Lane mansion.

Ouyang Rong exchanged pleasantries with Zhen Shuyuan, who was in high spirits, and brought her some specialties delivered by Magistrate Diao, Master Shandao and others. After a while, he found an excuse and said he would go back to the house to rest.

As soon as he returned to Yinbingzhai, Ouyang Rong turned around and sent away Ye Weila and other maids.

He placed the piano-shaped sword case on the desk, sat back on the chair, and looked quietly at the empty study room in front of him.

I silently reviewed it in my mind and muttered to myself:

"Being able to stand so close to Xuezhongzhu, she doesn't look like an ordinary Yue girl. Could it be that she is a titled female monarch in the Palace of Female Lords? Her status is not inferior to that of the chief female monarch, Xuezhongzhu, and the legendary Yue Chuzi.

How many……

"Not to mention that time in Dagushan, she didn't see each other for some reason and left anonymously. Is it the sect's rules and regulations... Let's just say that this time, I not only cut off the old swordsmith's tripod sword,

I also had a fight with her senior sister, and accidentally handed over this girl's sword, which severely offended Bo Ren... Why do I feel like Yunmeng Jianze and I are becoming increasingly difficult to deal with.

"Do her senior sisters know about me? They should know, but they definitely don't know the identity of the Ding Sword and the sword holder. If they know my identity, Xuezhongzhu will probably slap me to death. Just in case, if it happens,

If the day comes, I don't know if the embroiderer's face will work or not. Forget it, Ouyang Lianghan, just don't drag me down... Do you expect me to intercede for you in a dilemma? "

Ouyang Rong rubbed his face hard.

"No, if something happens next time, I can't blame Yunmeng Jianze. Even if I don't mention Xiu Niang, it's a bit unethical to do so. If I didn't know her before, I can just talk about it casually.

"As for a head-on conflict like that night, avoid it if you can... Well, it's a confusing account."

Someone sighed, thought again, nodded and said to himself:

"But speaking of it, I don't owe Yunmeng Jianze anything except Xiu Niang's favor. This time I was seriously injured by that girl's sword energy. Her senior sister came over with a roar, and her posture was going to tear me apart.

Damn, we can’t do it without fighting back. It was an accident that she surrendered the sword... Let’s just treat it as a one-on-one deal and we won’t owe each other anything..."

After a while, he shook his head helplessly, retracting his thoughts, and his eyes fell again on the sword box placed on the desk.
Chapter completed!