Chapter 384: 134. Daoist Comes with Sword

134. Daoist Comes with Sword

Dong dong dong—!

A knock on the door.

In the back residence of the Prince's Mansion, at the entrance of a boudoir by the lake, Magistrate Ouyang Rong knocked for a long time, but there was no response.

"Strange, where is Xiao Shimei?"

He muttered, looking around. Just in the morning, the lakeside garden was quiet.

According to reason, at this point, the lazy pig should have gotten up.

Could it be that Xiao Shimei is sleeping in?

Xiao Shimei is different from Li Su Guoer. There are very few maidservants in the courtyard. Unless they come to clean regularly, she usually lives alone, relatively independent.

This also facilitates Magistrate Ouyang Rong coming over every time to be intimate with Xiao Shimei, flirting and flirting.

However, ever since the last time he was caught by Xiao Shimei in the health tea box in Yunshui Pavilion, he was reproached for being too blatant during the day, easily laughed at by Aunt Wei, Li Su Guoer, and maidservants like Sister Caishou.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong learned some lessons. Either come less during the day, or take a detour when coming, avoiding maidservants and servants.

Today is like this. He was agile all the way, dodging everyone. In broad daylight, he actually made it feel like sneaking around.

But you don't say, it's a bit of the excitement of an affair.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong coughed.

Seeing the figures of maidservants vaguely appearing in the distance, knocking again might attract people.

"Is Xiao Shimei still sulking and not opening the door, or is she not here..."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong tried to push the door and found that the door was actually covered, and it was not locked inside or outside.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong walked into the courtyard directly.

"Xiao Shimei?"

The courtyard was empty, and the echo reverberated.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong strolled around curiously and found that there was indeed no one, and there was no figure sleeping in the boudoir.

Walking back to the courtyard, Magistrate Ouyang Rong saw a plate and bowl on a stone table beside the swing, with a bowl of porridge, a bowl of tofu brain, and a jar of pickled radishes.

Breakfast was for one person.

Half a bowl of porridge was left, and I don't know why it wasn't finished. The chopsticks were neatly placed on the edge of the bowl.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong reached out and touched the bowl of tofu brain, which was still warm.

It seems that she hasn't left for long.

"Eating halfway, dropping the chopsticks, where did she run to."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong shook his head.

Went to the kitchen, filled a bowl of porridge from the pot, returned to the stone table, and sat down to eat.

"Good, hiding a jar of pickled radishes, huh? Sent by Master Venerable Shan Dao? Xiao Shimei didn't share some over..."

Someone muttered while eating.

He didn't eat when he went out in the morning, mainly because he was afraid of being sleepy if he ate too much. Hunger sometimes keeps him clear and rational.

Because recently he has to go to Rong Zhen's place every morning, wander around, probe the progress, and deal with this woman. It can be said that this undercover work is very qualified.

So he usually buys a hot pancake to gnaw on in the market when he returns, around 9:00 or 10:00 AM.

Running over today, he was also hungry. Originally, he wanted to gnaw on Xiao Shimei... cough...

Speaking of which, Xiao Shimei hasn't come to find him for two or three days.

Ever since she caught Magistrate Ouyang Rong in the health tea box in Yunshui Pavilion last time, she has been ignoring him.

At that time, Yan Yan Liulang was very loyal, stood up, moved out five unlucky sisters, and topped the pot for Magistrate Ouyang Rong and Li Su Dalang.

After Qin Little Lady heard it, her face eased, but the Xiao Shimei beside her had a tight face, without changing her color, until the day of parting, she didn't say a word, and gave the Magistrate Ouyang Rong who was smiling and talking a ponytail back of the head, and walked away coldly.

It made Magistrate Ouyang Rong a bit awkward that day.

It seems that she doesn't eat the set of Yan Yan Liulang topping the pot.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong sighed.

He had originally thought the junior sister was just sulking for a few days and, as in the past, would eventually get over it, find some excuse to step down, and continue happily running over to find her senior brother.

But until last night, when Zhen Zhen Shuyuan asked him if he had provoked Wanwan, it turned out that Zhen Zhen Shuyuan sent Ye Weilai and Banxi to call Xiao Shimei to eat home-cooked food, but was declined with the excuse of an uncomfortable stomach.

Only then did Magistrate Ouyang Rong realize the seriousness.

Because no matter how sulking she was in the past, as long as Aunt sent someone to invite her, Xiao Shimei would accept the invitation to eat the family banquet, and she was dressed as a lady, quiet and elegant, not losing the gold-lettered signboard of a Five Families noblewoman in front of Aunt, and Aunt was very satisfied and loved her very much.

But last night's family banquet, she made an excuse for the first time.

"Stomach ache? Didn't the Qi practitioner break the menstrual period long ago..."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong muttered to himself.

It seems that she is really angry, a bit different from the past, the kind that can't be coaxed without spending some effort.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong sighed, took out a red handkerchief from his bosom.

His palm touched it. The red handkerchief wrapped something, quite round, like a bead.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong didn't open it, stuffed it into his sleeve, convenient to take it out to coax her later.

He found this thing when he was packing up last night.

After coming to Prince Xunyang from Longcheng, he almost forgot about this thing... A night-luminescent pearl as transparent as glass, which can vaguely emit beautiful hazy moonlight in the dark, looking quite valuable.

He brought this out from the Pure Land underground palace. When he first went down the mountain to control the water, he casually gave it to the Xiao Shimei who was not familiar with it at the time, and then she, who was tight on money, softened her heart and used it to redeem the Hu Ji. Later, she was backstabbed by the Hu Ji, and Magistrate Ouyang Rong helped clean up...

The process at that time was a bit tortuous. Finally, this night-luminescent pearl fell back into Magistrate Ouyang Rong's hands. However, Xiao Shimei was very guilty and was too embarrassed to mention it again. Magistrate Ouyang Rong was also afraid of revealing her scars at the time, so he didn't take it out in front of her again, and the matter was left at that. The night-luminescent pearl had been shelved until now, and was not given to anyone or pawned. Mainly, Magistrate Ouyang Rong is not short of money now, and doesn't need to sell it.

But now the relationship between the two is intimate, and they have already privately set their love, just missing an engagement.

So sending the night-luminescent pearl again, coaxing a few words, maybe it can make the surprised Xiao Shimei overjoyed, recall the bitterness and think of the sweetness, and miss the old days in his arms.

"Coaxing a girl to be happy requires some skills, cough, only routines can win people's hearts..."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong coughed and continued to pick up the bowl to eat.

Just then, a vague walking and talking sound came from outside the courtyard. Magistrate Ouyang Rong heard the crisp voice belonging to Xiao Shimei from far away, and Li Su Guoer seemed to be there too.

His spirit was lifted, he stood up, but immediately heard a strange male voice, and couldn't help but frown.

"You came to the Prince Xunyang Prince's Mansion, why didn't you send a letter to inform me in advance from the Three Mountains? If it wasn't for Su Dalang happening to see you when he went out, how long were you planning to wait outside the door?"

Li Su Guoer's voice sounded.

That strange male voice hesitated: "It is much more lively than the Su Mansion in Longcheng before."

Xiao Shimei asked crisply: "How long did Daoist Friend Lu wait at the door?"

"Three days." The male voice called Daoist Friend Lu answered: "The gatekeeper has been telling the poor Daoist to be patient."

"So you just waited honestly?"

Li Su Guoer couldn't help but ask, and then her tone was both angry and funny:

"Now there are many people in the Prince's Mansion, and the old people from Longcheng are not there. The gatekeeper doesn't know you when you hold the token of Yuan Lao Celestial Master, so naturally, he thought you were an idle person."

The sword-wielding Daoist seemed speechless, and sang softly:

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable."

Coming... There will be a big chapter at twelve o'clock (weakly small voice)

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 385 =====