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Chapter 761 Who hasn’t brought a sword yet?

The atmosphere on the platform was silent.

Everyone in the audience stared at Ouyang Rong, who was calm and composed.

Nanny Song was furious and was the first one who couldn't help herself. She took a step forward, pointed at Ouyang Rong's nose, and asked in a shrill voice:
"Naive! Ouyang Lianghan, let's not talk about whether Wei Mi and Prince Xunyang's family can escape, what about you?! Why don't you stay here? You remind them to escape and buy time for them, but they don't care about your life or death, they won't come back to save you..."

At this point, Nanny Song choked, as if she had discovered that with the presence of a certain biased noble princess, it seemed that they really could not hurt Ouyang Rong, and at most they could confine him to the Xunyang Grottoes.

She looked agitated and said angrily:

"You scholars, do you like to act like heroes? How much benefit did they give you that you are so selfless in working for them? Are you scholars all sick?"

Ouyang Rong didn't answer and didn't even look at her.

Duan Quanwu said with a sullen face:
"Governor Ouyang, what you did was really unkind. The princess and I treat you like a guest, and we believe we have done nothing wrong to you. If you don't want to help, then don't help. But you relied on your friendship with the princess to play tricks and leak information. This is really ungentlemanly.

"How about this, Governor Ouyang? Tell us where Wei Mi and Prince Xunyang's family went. We can pretend that what happened before never happened. It's not too late for you to tell us now."

Ouyang Rong smiled.

Nanny Song asked unhappily, "What are you laughing at?"

"Everyone's comments are hilarious to think about."

The air became quiet for a moment.

The next moment, Nanny Song stood up and threatened:

"Don't say yes!"

She shouted to Old Yang, who had been trying to blend into the background and become invisible, not far away:

"Pry his mouth open. Do it the same way you pried Qian Chen's mouth open before!"

Without waiting for Old Yang to respond.

Rong Zhen, who had been silent all this time, suddenly stepped forward and came in front of Ouyang Rong. With his back to him, he put his hands in his sleeves, and with a stern face, he faced Nanny Song, Duan Quanwu and the others.

She said coldly:

"Don't touch him."

Nanny Song was suddenly stuck. Even though she had great skills, she was blocked by the petite girl in purple clothes and could not put any pressure on the young man in Confucian robes.

Her old face flushed red, and she said indignantly:

"Rong girl, you are still protecting him. Haven't you figured out that you are not in his heart at all..."

Rong Zhen interrupted with a cold look in his eyes: "What are you calling me?"

Nanny Song's chest was breathing heavily like a broken fan. After a while, she lowered her eyes slightly:
"True Immortal Princess."

Rong Zhen took a deep breath, and then spoke seriously to her, as well as to Wei Wu, Duan Quanwu and others:
"You should handle your private affairs privately. I am here to preside over the Buddha statue under the order of the Saint. I have done my utmost to tolerate your private affairs in the main grotto that involve the outside world. From now on, if you dare to touch him, just try it."

After a pause, she raised her chin and said confidently:
"He is the governor of Jiangzhou and a scholar of Xiuwen Academy appointed by the Saint. Together with me, he is responsible for the Donglin Buddha. From now on, no one can hurt him! Otherwise, you will be an enemy of me and the Saint."

As soon as these words came out, the whole place was silent.

Ouyang Rong looked at the petite and frail lolita's back in front of him.

Rong Zhen threw away the half of the crimson official uniform cloth in her hand, ignoring the angry or aggrieved looks from the people in front of her. She turned around and looked at Ouyang Rong.

The two looked at each other for a while.

The girl in palace dress who was blocking the wind and clouds smiled slightly and said softly:
"Okay, Ouyang Lianghan, you have done what you should do. Just report the news. You are not wronging them. You have done your best. Don't owe them anything. You don't need to prepare a boat to return to the city. Leave the rest to me. You stay here. You will not go back on your word or promise to me. When the old senior's music starts, accompany me to catch the man."

Ouyang Rong stared at her, somewhat absent-mindedly, without answering.

On the side, Yi Qianqiu came out first and said to Wei Wu and others:
"It's no use to keep getting angry. Let's think about how to deal with it."

She turned around and gave orders to her generals:
"Go find someone to break the chain on the river. Don't stay here any longer."

Then he said to Nanny Song:

"Wei Mi, don't chase him yet. The deputy supervisor is staying here and cannot leave the Buddha. Wei Mi's matter is not urgent. He is the deserter."

After a pause, he said to Wei Wu:
"The most urgent matter now is to find Prince Xunyang's family. As long as this is resolved, there will be no problem later... Of course, this is just my suggestion, you guys can do whatever you want. This is your Wei family's business, you guys should handle it yourselves. I only do what I promised, so don't break my promise."

Wei Wu nodded, wiped the blood off his swollen face, and the Korean guard ordered:
"Let the people over there split into two groups. One group will guard the palace and put out the fire to see if there are any remains of them. The other group will chase them in Kuanglu Mountain. They can't get far!"

Duan Quanwu heaved a sigh of relief and cheered up:

"That's right, they can't run away. Now Xunyang City is full of our people. As for the Xunyang Grottoes, we just need to not go to help. Xunyang City is thousands of miles away from the capital. Even if they are lucky enough to escape, they can't reach the capital! Military Manager, let's set up checkpoints along the way and send elite soldiers to chase them."

Wei Wu said calmly:
"Even if we go to the capital, what does it matter? After we resolve today's matter, we will write a petition together, saying that the Xunyang Palace left the residence without permission despite our obstruction, and used the excuse of the pirates' attack to plot ill. We will say that they let everyone go, and there are no pirates... Then the two princes will say a few words in front of the saint. Will the saint believe us, the heroes, or these lost dogs?"

Duan Quanwu sneered: "That makes sense!"

Yi Qianqiu watched coldly.

Rong Zhen suddenly turned around and said:
"This palace and Ouyang Lianghan can pretend that we didn't see or hear anything, but no matter what you do, you are not allowed to affect the Buddha's event today. This is the top priority, otherwise this palace will not forgive you."

"Yes, Princess Zhenxian."

Wei Wu took the lead in clasping his fists.

Rong Zhen didn't look at them again. He turned around and looked at Ouyang Rong.

But he found that Ouyang Rong was turning his head to look at an incense burner not far away.

"what happened?"

Ouyang Rong did not answer, his eyes fixed on the incense stick that was about to burn out.

Wei Wu pondered for a moment, as if he had thought of something, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he called another Xianbei guard and ordered:
“Tell the people over there to pay attention. Later on, a sound of a zither will enter the city, and the spiritual energy pillars of the Qi Refiners within a hundred miles will be revealed.

"Since Prince Xunyang is fleeing, he must be accompanied by Qi cultivators for protection. The roads in Kuanglu Mountain are rugged. They are neither waterways nor ordinary official roads. It is difficult for us to travel, and it is also difficult for them to travel. We cannot distance ourselves from them. They are likely to hide in some mountain valleys or caves. So we have to wait for them to reveal their spiritual energy beams and then capture them."

The Xianbei guard's eyes lit up: "Yes, Master Wu."

Duan Quanwu and others also looked sideways, as if they suddenly realized something.

Duan Quanwu laughed:

"Then Wei Mi can't escape either. The light column will expose him. As long as he doesn't escape by boat, he will be exposed as long as he is in Xunyang City.

"I will lead my troops to encircle and suppress the owner of Butterfly Love Flower later, and I will also capture him when I have time."

Nanny Song and Yi Qianqiu looked at each other and both nodded.

Wei Wu was turning his head to look at Ouyang Rong's expression.

He had been observing Ouyang Rong's expression since he mentioned the exposure of the gas column. When Duan Quanwu mentioned Wei Mi, he stared at him even more closely, as if trying to find some details from Ouyang Rong's face. Wei Wu suddenly shouted:

"Governor Ouyang, you wouldn't have taken this into account, right?
"Are Prince Xunyang and his men hiding in Mount Kuanglu? Did your subordinate Madam Pei, who had just established a new ice-making company, get its raw materials from some caves in Mount Kuanglu? Is their hiding place in one of them?
“It’s okay. Even if they know about Qin Yin, they can’t run a hundred miles in such a short time. No matter if they are hiding in Kuanglu Mountain or using a trick, they are still hiding in the city. As long as Qin Yin comes out, there will be a spiritual light column.

"By the way, if I remember correctly, your junior sister surnamed Xie is the one who is guarding Prince Xunyang. She should be a sixth-grade cultivator with deep red spiritual energy, right?"

As he spoke, he waved his hand.

Upon seeing this, a Xianbei guard in the audience immediately left. It was obvious that he was going to the city to report the news.

Ouyang Rong turned his head and looked at Wei Wu with a puzzled look in his eyes.

Wei Wu stared at him seriously, his face somewhat alert.

After what had just happened, Wei Wu no longer dared to underestimate this young governor.

"I have said that Xie Lingjiang cannot be hurt."

Rong Zhen suddenly spoke.

Wei Wu immediately lowered his head:

"Understood, Princess, please rest assured that the people you ordered will not be harmed. We will just rely on them to follow the clues and capture Prince Xunyang."

"Take care of yourself."

Rong Zhen no longer paid attention to him.

She looked at Ouyang Rong. Yi Qianqiu was also looking at him. The female general said seriously:
"Ouyang Lianghan, it's fine to let Wang Caozhi send a letter to Xunyang Palace, but you don't need to send a letter to Wei Mi as well. This will harm him. Because he is needed to preside over the White Mist Formation of the Xuanwu Guard, and he was not prepared to take the initiative to deal with Wei Mi. Of course, this is under the premise that he knows nothing.

"The original plan was like this. Although we had some backup measures, if he had managed the White Mist Formation well, we could have pretended that nothing had happened afterwards. But now you've informed him and let him escape. It's going to be hard to resolve the situation. Ouyang Lianghan, you're just too smart. You're so smart that it's scary. You've also made the Immortal Princess sad and upset. It's hard to protect you."

Noticing Rong Zhen's unhappy expression, Yi Qianqiu kept silent. Rong Zhen stared at Ouyang Rong for a while and said softly:

"I was a little overthinking and hurt by your precautions just now... But, but it doesn't matter. I put myself in your shoes and thought about it." She smiled and said, "I feel better now. I understand you."

"But from now on, you are not allowed to act willfully anymore. I will take good care of you from now on. You... are not allowed to make any other small moves. If you have anything to say, you can tell me directly. I can even tolerate you using your official uniform to report the news. What else can't I tolerate? I hope you can be more honest and trust me.

"In addition to your junior sister and the embroiderer, there are some other people I can protect for you, such as Wang Caozhi, Yan Liulang and others. Afterwards, we just need to keep our mouths shut. We can pretend that nothing happened and return to the capital with the merits of the Buddha. Ouyang Lianghan, this is already the best outcome."

"The best outcome?"

Ouyang Rong murmured something.

"Yeah." Rong Zhen nodded.

She tried to smile and said:

"In fact, it's very good now. You have delayed time and reported the news once. You have a clear conscience and have done your best. From now on, you just stay here and relax."

Ouyang Rong nodded to himself:
"This is indeed the best result. If there were no piano music, this would be the best result."

Rong Zhen felt that this remark involved the Xunyang Palace, and was afraid that mentioning it again would expose his scars, so he stopped talking about it.

He just said softly: "Ouyang Lianghan, repaying kindness is a good virtue. You have lived up to the name of a gentleman by doing this."

Upon hearing this, Wei Wu stood with his hands behind his back and said calmly:

"It seems that the governor did not expect this. However, he is a little too confident. Even if the sound of the zither did not reveal their presence, they would not be able to run far. Since the pirates went to the Tu Mansion today, they must have other backup plans to prevent any accidents and eliminate hidden dangers.

"Today, Jiangzhou is a cage. If you think you can escape by escaping into Mount Kuanglu, you are underestimating me and the Prince of Wei's Palace. If you want to do something big, why would you make such a childish mistake and not stay in the Prince of Xunyang's Palace and the city? That's perfect. It's a more sufficient reason to kill them. Whether it's treason or they were killed by the bandits in the mountains by mistake, it's easy.

"However, the governor's move of informing me in advance did scare me a little. The governor is really too smart, but he was implicated by the Xunyang Palace and his luck was a bit bad. Well, now that the True Immortal Princess is here, the situation will turn around and he will rise to prominence."

Ouyang Rong remained silent and turned his gaze away from the incense burner under the stage.

Suddenly I don’t want to wait anymore.

The young man in Confucian robes stood there with his hands in his sleeves, closing his eyes as if lost.

Seeing that he seemed to be avoiding failure, Wei Wu was not angry and just curled the corners of his mouth slightly.

The square-faced man and the people on the stage didn't know that the second incense stick below the stage had only a tiny spark left, which was about to go out, and no one knew whether it could be considered burned out.

Duan Quanwu looked at Rong Zhen's expression and said with a smile:
"That's right, Princess Zhenxian and the Governor are a perfect match, a match made in heaven."

Rong Zhen had a stern face, as if he didn't hear it, but he couldn't help but look at Ouyang Rong.

But he found that Ouyang Rong closed his eyes and remained silent, standing still, like a sword, his body swaying slightly in the wind.

"Ouyang Lianghan, are you okay?"

Rong Zhen asked in a low voice, hesitating whether to reach out to help.

At this moment, Nanny Song suddenly turned her head and looked towards a forest on the south bank in the distance.

Everyone was curious and followed her gaze.

All I saw was white fog in the distance covering the river, and it was apparently quiet and peaceful.

The old musician's piano playing has not yet begun.

When everyone was puzzled, Nanny Song immediately rose from the ground, hovering twenty feet in the air, her eyes turning purple as she gazed into the distance towards the south bank.

Except for the young man in Confucian robes who stood quietly with his eyes closed, Rong Zhen, Yi Qianqiu and others looked into the distance with puzzled expressions:
"Senior Song, what's wrong..."

Their voices stopped abruptly.

I saw the river ahead was filled with fog, a vast expanse of white, like a silver gauze lightly draped, like a hazy painting.

At this moment, a deep blue line gradually appears on the painting.

From the perspective of everyone looking south, the blue line looked like a vertical stroke added by someone on the white mist painting. A thin scratch appeared on the paper where the blue line was located, spreading vertically from top to bottom, as if it was gradually cracking.

At the same time, there was an increasingly louder "rumbling" sound.

Although they were puzzled by the scene and the sound, the azure color of the thin line made them feel vaguely familiar.

The old woman with rolled eyes suddenly spoke, and everyone's faces changed.

"It's the [Ding Sword] of the owner of Dielianhua! The sword is coming!"

At this moment, the sound of the piano has not arrived yet, but the sword has arrived first.

As fast as wind and thunder, from south to north.

Between heaven and earth, the white mist and river water were divided into two.

(End of this chapter)