Chapter 349

Craftsman Craftsman

Under the gaze of everyone, Magistrate Ouyang Rong was silent for a while, turned around, and pushed open the big door.

He walked out the door,

Stood on the long corridor, looked up at the sky, and took out a handkerchief.

Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang, Li Su Xian's family, Guo Yu, and Meng Meng Shouguang in the flower hall were all curious.

They saw the handsome young man on the long corridor looking up at the sky, reaching out his palm toward the air in front.

Holding a slightly wet pale pink handkerchief in his hand.

The handkerchief fluttered slightly in the night wind.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong's eyes were thoughtful.

"What is Tanlang doing?"

Li Su Xian couldn't help asking first.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong said without looking back: "It's possible to leave, it's a west wind."

"West wind?"

"This..."

Everyone was speechless, Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang and Li Su Guoer's faces were thoughtful.

Meng Meng Shouguang frowned and couldn't help asking:

"Gentleman, what is the difference between this east wind and west wind."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong turned his head, looked at Meng Meng Shouguang and Guo Yu who came tonight, and said seriously:

"Can burn the Red Cliffs."

"..." Meng Meng Shouguang and the other.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong's face hesitated for a while, and he said seriously to Li Su Xian and Li Su Dalang:

"If you want to escape...

"Hongzhou is in the west, it must be fleeing west to find Cai Qin in Hongzhou, then go south to find Li Li Zhengyan in Guizhou.

"Water transport is the most convenient, land transport is at a disadvantage, and there are too many checkpoints on the road. Prince Xunyang Ferry is in the hands of the Jiangzhou main hall, and there is no shortage of fast ships. The pursuers must take the water route.

"We must take the lead in taking a boat to flee west. I have the Jiangzhou Chief Clerk's seal. Taking the lead before the pursuers, hitting a time difference, we can go unimpeded out of Jiangzhou and enter the territory of Hongzhou. Only then can we be considered relatively safe."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong stared at the stunned Li Su Xian and his son in front of him, after a wave of calm deduction, paused, and pursed his lips:

"In case the pursuers from the Jiangzhou main hall react quickly and follow closely...

"Although the west wind is a headwind, the pursuers are also chasing against the wind. When raiding the Liu family outside the West Gate, I accidentally obtained the formula for Burning Heaven Jiao Oil. After coming to Jiangzhou, I prepared a little Burning Heaven Jiao Oil.

"This Jiao oil is difficult to dissolve in water and floats on the water surface. Lighting this oil, with the help of the west wind, can burn the pursuing ships, temporarily isolate the pursuers, and fight for escape time."

Everyone was dumbfounded after listening.

Good guy, everyone was just discussing running away, and you have already planned a set of strategies, not at all like someone who was still hesitating just now.

How come there is such a natural sense of being a rebel.

If you weren't pretending just now, you would definitely be a talent for rebellion.

Now the profession is right, it really is...

Complaining belongs to complaining.

But at this critical moment of life and death, seeing Tanlang standing tall on the long corridor and speaking unhurriedly, Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang and Li Su Xian's family felt surprisingly stable in their hearts.

It was as if they had found their backbone again.

Li Su Dalang asked with a complex tone:

"When did Tanlang prepare the Burning Heaven Jiao Oil?"

"A few days ago, when I was supervising the Donglin Great Buddha at Shuangfeng Peak outside the West Gate, I had a sudden whim and prepared it casually, placing it at the new ferry opened at Shuangfeng Peak."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong lowered his head and smiled self-deprecatingly:

"Originally prepared as a backup, to help the Jiangzhou main hall deal with the enemy from Hongzhou at a critical moment, but I didn't expect that it might be used in advance now, or... used to deal with former friendly forces."

Everyone's faces were complex.

Li Su Guoer asked suddenly:

"There is a curfew at Prince Xunyang Ferry, and we can't board the ship before 6:30 AM. Magistrate Ouyang Magistrate Ouyang Lianghan, do you have a way?"

"Prince Xunyang Ferry involves military supplies transport, and Wang Wang Lengran guards it strictly."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong shook his head and said calmly:

"We don't take Prince Xunyang Ferry. We will leave the Xicheng Gate at night first and go to the new ferry at Shuangfeng Peak to board the ship. There are some spare boats there. I often go there recently, so I have some preparations.

"In addition, the Burning Heaven Jiao Oil is also there.

"Shuangfeng Peak is located upstream of Prince Xunyang Ferry. The newly opened tributary connects to the Prince Xunyang River. Sprinkling the Burning Heaven Jiao Oil and letting it flow down the river can temporarily block the Prince Xunyang River and prevent pursuers from Prince Xunyang Ferry."

"Amazing."

Li Su Guoer's eyes lit up, she nodded slightly, and asked again:

"Is it safe to leave the city together? There are many of us. If it were only Father and Brother, one or two people, we could let Chenjun Xie family sister carry us over the wall. If there are many people, there is night defense on the city wall..."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong said immediately:

"We can take the Xicheng Gate. The guard officer tonight is an Assistant surnamed Chen, who happened to be my subordinate. His shift lasts until 6:30 AM tomorrow morning. In addition..."

His face hesitated for a while, and he silently took out a cold metal token from his sleeve:

"If you encounter patrolling Zhechong Prefecture soldiers, you can try this token. In case it is his subordinate soldiers..."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong stopped halfway and didn't say more.

Except for the outsiders Guo Yu and Meng Meng Shouguang who were confused, Li Su Guoer, Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang, Li Su Xian, and others nodded tacitly.

Especially the Prince of Prince Xunyang, Li Su Xian, looked emotional.

I didn't expect that the matter of helping and writing a letter to speak for the mutinous soldiers would make friends with Qin Heng.

It can be considered that good and evil have their rewards, and it was only with his help that there was a possibility of getting through the critical moment tonight.

Li Su Guoer's eyebrows gathered, checking for omissions, and asked again:

"I heard that the Jiangzhou main hall has iron chains across the river between Suojiang Tower and Huilong Rock..."

"Burn it off with Burning Heaven Jiao Oil. The iron cones on the shore haven't been put down in these few days, so the river can be passed."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong lowered his eyes and said: "If it really doesn't work, we can draw our swords."

He spoke ambiguously. Guo Yu and Meng Meng Shouguang, who heard this, thought it was Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang, the book-flipping person of the Confucian school, drawing her sword to cut the chains, which was not surprising.

However, Li Su Guoer, Li Su Xian, Li Su Dalang, and others nodded without changing their expressions.

Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang, holding an ordinary zither case, also nodded to her Ru Shixiong.

Li Su Guoer exhaled a long breath and nodded heavily to Magistrate Ouyang Rong:

"This path is passable, I have no problem."

Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang asked with burning eyes:

"So, has Ru Shixiong decided?"

Magistrate Ouyang Rong looked at her, scanned the crowd, and wanted to speak but stopped. Beside him came Li Su Xian's exclamation:

"Fortunately, Magistrate Ouyang Lianghan is here. I didn't expect Tanlang to have arranged the retreat so early. It is still Tanlang who is familiar with Prince Xunyang City and considers everything. Otherwise, if we fled west in a hurry, we would have setbacks and be caught at any time..."

Guo Yu was also convinced and clasped his fists:

"I have seen it tonight. The logic is rigorous and interlocking. Great talent."

Meng Meng Shouguang, who was waiting for the master's decision, couldn't help but look at this young man who seemed to have great trust from the master twice more, and a look of respect gradually appeared in his eyes.

At this moment, facing the admiring gazes cast from all around.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong frowned and waved his hand:

"It's just good luck. It happened that Assistant Chen was guarding the Xicheng Gate tonight, and Shuangfeng Peak was under my management..."

Speaking to this, he suddenly stopped talking.

Li Su Xian, Li Su Guoer, Guo Yu, Meng Meng Shouguang, and others also discovered Magistrate Ouyang Rong's abnormality.

I saw him lower his head as if thinking for a while, then suddenly raise his head, his gaze sweeping across their faces one by one, as if lost in thought.

"Ru Shixiong?"

Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang asked cautiously: "What's wrong with you?"

Magistrate Ouyang Rong shook his head.

Li Su Dalang looked at the night sky outside the window, his face worried:

"It's already five o'clock in the morning, and it's almost dawn. The female official Mistress Miao Zhen and the others will arrive tomorrow morning. Wang Wang Lengran will definitely seal the city strictly. It will be really hard to run by then."

Meng Meng Shouguang added muffledly:

"The palace female official sent by the Wei Empress to secretly send poisonous wine and supervise the bestowal of death must have a high level of Qi Refining cultivation. According to the previous specifications, there will be no less than one colorful-clothed female official, and maybe there will be a deep red sixth grade."

There are eight colorful-clothed female officials beside the Great Zhou Empress, none of whom are easy to mess with. Mistress Miao Zhen is one of them.

There is no lack of sixth-grade Qi Refining cultivators with deep red spiritual energy.

At present, the highest-level Qi Refining cultivator in the Prince Xunyang Prince's Mansion is Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang, a seventh-grade book-flipper.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong, who secretly possesses the unique pulse of the sword-wielder, is at the ninth-grade Great Perfection, plus a Xin Dingjian, which can be approximated as a seventh-grade combat power. Of course, if there is no lack of purple fog of merit, he can be higher...

However, the strength of a sixth-grade Qi Refining cultivator can be seen by looking at Qiu Qiu Shenji, who was injured by the Great Empress's sword and fell to the sixth grade.

It requires Magistrate Ouyang Rong and Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang to work together, plus a Xin Dingjian, and then shamelessly deceive and sneak attack...

"Prefect, are you alright?"

Hearing this news, everyone was restless. Li Su Guoer took a deep breath:

"If we want to go, we must go back and prepare. Some important things need to be brought. By the way, Magistrate Ouyang Magistrate Ouyang Lianghan, the female family members in Huaiye Lane must also go with us, which will take some time...

"There is not much time left, we must make a decision immediately."

Wei Mei sighed and persuaded Magistrate Ouyang Rong softly:

"Tanlang nephew, Aunt knows you are reluctant to part with the current situation, reluctant to part with the efforts everyone has made in vain, and finally reached this step, and can return to the capital with a little more...

"However, listen to Aunt's advice as someone who has come before. People are more important. If life is gone, what is the use of wealth and glory? As long as the green hills remain, there is no need to worry about firewood.

"We have survived such dangerous days before, and it's not like we haven't lived bitter days. As long as Wang Qilang, Li Fusu, Guo'er, and nephew and niece are all well, we can live a good life no matter how difficult the days are.

"What if we go to Li Li Zhengyan's side to rely on others and be a mascot? It's better than the Prince of Xiang's current situation of being imprisoned. Hey, as long as we can be well, who knows about the future..."

Li Su Guoer, Li Su Dalang, and Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang were moved.

"Meiniang." Li Su Xian shouted emotionally.

The old couple hugged tightly.

Facing their persuasion and urging, Magistrate Ouyang Rong still didn't speak.

There are a bit too many coincidences tonight, and I always feel uneasy in my heart.

He is not a person who believes in intuition, but he is a paranoid who believes in rational judgment.

Previously, the multiple precise predictions made after carefully analyzing the Great Zhou situation and grasping Empress Wei Zhao's mind were based on this point.

Therefore, although Magistrate Ouyang Rong has not met the Great Zhou Emperor far away in Shenjing Luoyang many times, he is still confident that his judgment is not wrong.

Regarding the future.

Most people see it and then believe it.

However, he believes it and then sees it.

All the entanglement tonight stems from this.

What Magistrate Ouyang Rong believes and what he sees have conflicted.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong raised his head suddenly.

"Wait."

"Wait a little longer." He said.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong said to the crowd full of doubts:

"Wait a while longer, I have another important news channel that needs to be inquired about, but it doesn't delay us from fleeing the city at night."

After speaking, Magistrate Ouyang Rong turned his head immediately and ordered Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang:

"Xiao Shimei, go to Xingzi Workshop immediately, take a look at the begonia flowers on that wall, and by the way, find Yan Yan Liulang and tell him it's an emergency, go to the Huaiye Lane residence immediately to notify Aunt and the others to pack and prepare..."

"Yes."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong made arrangements, Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang nodded slightly, sipped hot tea, and prepared to go out.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong reached out to her.

Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang handed back the zither case tacitly, and her figure left.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong held the zither case, stood up, and said to Guo Yu and Meng Meng Shouguang:

"Drink tea and wait a moment, I will go and prepare with the Prince."

"Good." Guo Yu and Meng Meng Shouguang nodded seriously.

After a while, everyone left the flower hall.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong first let Li Su Xian, Li Su Dalang, and Wei Mei go back to prepare important seals and treasures that needed to be taken away.

Then, he turned his head and glanced at Li Su Guoer, and continued to walk forward.

The Little Princess with plum blossom makeup received the look, and followed him silently.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong and Li Su Guoer.

One after the other, they walked tacitly toward a reception hall that had been sealed in Juxian Garden.

Met Wang Wang Junzhi who had been waiting for many days.

"Princess, Chief Clerk Magistrate Ouyang, have you thought it through?"

Wang Wang Junzhi lowered his head, using a handkerchief to carefully wipe the cold blade of the moonlight long sword, as if he had obsessive-compulsive disorder, wiping the sword that might be used for his suicide clean.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong didn't answer, sat down alone, and placed the zither case across his knees.

Wang Wang Junzhi glanced outside the door: "What was the movement outside just now? Did outsiders come?"

Magistrate Ouyang Rong watched him silently, but Li Su Guoer suddenly opened her mouth:

"That's right, the informant from Shenjing Luoyang reported that because of Li Li Zhengyan's matter, the Saint imprisoned the Prince of Xiang and bestowed two cups of poisonous wine, ordering female officials to send them to the Prince of Prince Xunyang and the Heir Apparent. The female official envoy... will arrive in three days."

She told him with a sad look.

During this period, Magistrate Ouyang Rong's eyes stared straight at Wang Wang Junzhi.

He saw the subtle expression of Wang Wang Junzhi being stunned for a moment, and his tone was hard to hide surprise and joy:

"Good, good, good. What did I say before? The Wei Emperor is old and muddled, listening to the slander of the Wei clan's treacherous princes. Even without Li Gong's righteous uprising, it would still come to this step.

"Little Princess, Chief Clerk Magistrate Ouyang, you should have seen the situation clearly long ago. Hahaha... Tigers don't eat their cubs, the Wei Emperor is ridiculous, truly muddled and lawless!"

After laughing, he asked impatiently:

"So you came over, have you considered it clearly? Although there are still three days left, it is better to make a decision early. Be careful that Wang Wang Lengran finds out the news in advance and seals the city..."

Wang Wang Junzhi's face couldn't hide his smile, and he even cared to remind Magistrate Ouyang Rong and Li Su Guoer.

Li Su Guoer didn't answer, turned to look at Magistrate Ouyang Rong,

The latter suddenly stood up, ignored Wang Wang Junzhi, and left the reception hall.

Wang Wang Junzhi was stunned: "Why don't the two of you speak..."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong and Li Su Guoer left him and walked out the big door.

"Doesn't look like acting."

In the middle of the night on the long corridor, Li Su Guoer said softly.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong nodded gently, adding for her:

"It only means it doesn't look like Li Li Zhengyan's trick."

"Then are you suspicious of the Wei clan, or is it that..."

Li Su Guoer pursed her red lips:

"Even the Imperial Uncle is suspicious. That Hetian jade plaque is the Imperial Uncle's, it can't be fake. Actually, I was suspicious at first, but as everyone knows, the Imperial Uncle and the Wei clan are at odds."

She closed her eyes and sighed:

"Aunt is right, as long as the green hills remain, there is no need to worry about firewood."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong didn't look sideways, holding the zither case and moving forward:

"I am suspicious of everyone, except myself."

Li Su Guoer couldn't help looking sideways:

"There is only half an hour left until dawn..."

"Wait for Xiao Shimei one last time."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong's tone was extremely serious:

"One last time, verify one last time."

The two returned, and Li Su Xian, Li Su Dalang, and others also prepared one after another, gathering in the flower hall again.

After a while, Xiao Shimei returned in a hurry, bringing news from Zhenguang Street:

"Ru Shixiong, the wall hasn't changed, there is still a pot of begonia flowers."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong was silent.

(End of chapter)