Ouyang Rong waved his hand and said, "Please help me find something first."

"What?"

Ouyang Rong took out a gray-white crystalline object, which he found after spending a whole day looking for it in drug stores and other places.

"Have you ever seen this thing? It's called saltpeter. Go and find out where it can be mined."

Pei Shisanniang was confused and led Saltpeter out. When she came back in the evening, Ouyang Rong was drinking tea and writing something on a piece of paper with a pen in his hand.

Pei Shisanniang glanced at it and saw that it seemed to be a strange recipe for treating saltpeter.

Ouyang Rong took a sip of tea and continued writing without raising his head and asked: "How?"

Pei Shisanniang saluted and said:

"Yes, the place where this thing is rich is Kuanglu Mountain. There are many natural caves there. Some people have seen them in them..."

Ouyang Rong put away the paper, stuffed it into his arms, and stood up with a smile:

"Come on, let's go there."

"Yes, sir."

Pei Shisanniang's expression became more and more curious.

…

late at night.

Xunyang Prince's Mansion.

At the door of the study, Li Xian's family came over with confused expressions.

Xie Lingjiang and Li Bao'er were also sleepy-eyed. They came from the boudoir. They both wore thin nightgowns and each had a shawl to cover their shoulders. Li Bao'er also added a fox fur scarf to accentuate the look.

A pretty and rosy little face.

Everyone was called over while they were sleeping, and they were whispering to each other.

Li Guo'er asked: "What happened? Did you say anything was going to be discussed tonight?"

Li Dalang said: "I don't know. I heard that Tanlang is here and called us over."

Walking into the study, I saw Ouyang Rong and Yan Liulang.

Ouyang Rong's gray scholar's shirt was dusty, as if he was returning from a hurry.

Xie Lingjiang immediately walked over, poured a cup of hot tea, brought it back, put it into his hand, touched the back of the elder brother's slightly cold hand, she frowned and asked: "Elder brother doesn't rest in the middle of the night, running around outside.

What to do?"

Ouyang Rong said directly: "I came here to tell you two things that I need to say immediately."

Li Xian suddenly became energetic and spread his hands to signal: "What's the matter, Tan Lang, please tell me."

Ouyang Rong said calmly: "First, I have temporarily requisitioned the ice cellar in the palace to store some things."

“What needs to be refrigerated?”

"Add a batch of ice cubes and nine boxes of oil drums, and store them here first."

After saying that, Ouyang Rong pointed his index finger at Yan Liulang:

"I asked Thirteenth Niang to open a new store that specializes in selling ice, called Bingjian. From now on, the palace will purchase ice from the store every day and transport it back to the ice cellar. Regarding the specific distribution of the goods, Liu Lang

Arrangements will be made at that time. The ice cubes and oil drums brought in must avoid Li Congshan and the others. Well, I’ll leave it to the princess to take care of the cover.”

"Okay." Wei Mei nodded: "Don't worry, they won't dare to look around while I'm watching."

"Shan, in addition, the ice cellar in the palace needs to be expanded. I went to check it out last time. It would be best to add another space, but we will talk about this later... As for the second thing, it is related to our escape route in danger."

Everyone listened attentively and saw Ouyang Rong raise a finger:

"In addition to the route of getting on the boat at Xunyangdu and taking the waterway to Longcheng County, we need to add another route, just in case. This is the lesson learned from the water thieves incident last time. In case there are also thieves on the waterway.

It’s dangerous.”

Only then did everyone remember that on the day when the two peaks were closed in the name of flood control and the Giant Buddha was secretly completed, the water thieves from Hukou County had gone north along the waterway to approach Xunyang. Although there was a near miss in the end, they did not attack hard.

After destroying the Xunyang Grottoes, he did not attack Xunyang City, but Ouyang Rong kept thinking about it afterwards.

Li Guo'er looked at Ouyang Rong, who looked worried, and asked:

"Which way is better? The waterway in Xunyang City is the most convenient."

Ouyang Rong pointed out the window, and everyone turned around to see a dark mountain.

"Go to Kuanglu Mountain and take the land route. Xiu Shuifang is backed by Kuanglu Mountain. Just in case, if the waterway from Xunyang to Longcheng is not possible, we will head into Kuanglu Mountain. This time I will go to the mountain to look for something.

, see not

There are many caves, maze-like, mysterious and deep, suitable for Tibetan people and can be used as temporary hiding places..." Ouyang Rong analyzed rationally and murmured to himself: "In this case, we have to prepare a carriage in advance and stand by in the dark."

Li Guoer asked: "This direction is southwest. Over Kuanglu Mountain, there is only one official road heading southwest. If we want to go north, we need to make a big circle? Wouldn't this waste the best opportunity to escape?"

Ouyang Rong waved his hands calmly: "Don't worry about it. If it doesn't work, let's go to the southwest front to find General Qin first. This route is not a bad idea. As long as we use legitimate reasons, the prince can leave Xunyang City."

Li Xian asked: "What valid reason?"

Ouyang Rong said calmly: "Is it enough for the rebels in Tiannan Jianghu to attack the palace?"

Li Dalang subconsciously asked: "Tan Lang thinks they are really coming?"

He found that his friend was smiling without saying a word, and Amei Li Guoer next to him turned to him and said:

"Whether the rebels will come, when they will come, how many people will come, and even how they will come, it all depends on us, not them, do you understand?"

Li Dalang and Li Xian looked at each other and suddenly realized: "This is a good reason."

Li Guo'er turned around and asked Ouyang Rong: "Is there something fishy about Li Congshan, or is it the matter about the thin-faced man that makes you uneasy? Didn't you send someone there? Lu Ya also went there. Two days later,

We won’t see the outcome until tomorrow, so why are we suddenly arranging a retreat?”

Ouyang Rong lowered his eyes and said softly: "It's all part of it, but there is one more thing that reminded me. It was said by Rong Nu Shi... No matter what, it is always safe to prepare for a rainy day. By the way, there is one more thing."

He turned to Li Xian and said:

"The prince and the prince will not go to this celebration ceremony."

Li Dalang was a little embarrassed: "But we have already agreed to be there that day."

Ouyang Rong calmly said: "I will find an excuse then... just say I am not feeling well. You can also say that I attended my aunt's birthday ceremony the day before and accidentally ate a bad stomach... Anyway, there is an excuse."

"That's fine." Li Xian hesitated, "Does Tan Lang have any bad premonitions?"

Ouyang Rong pondered: "Not really, but I still think it's a bit inappropriate to allow Nu Shi to organize this celebration. She actually wanted to lure people from Tiannan Jianghu over. Since she knew this and knew there might be conflicts, she didn't

Once the necessity has passed, we can eliminate some signs in advance.”

"Good, Tanlang is the best."

Xie Ling Jiang Ningmei asked: "Since we are planning a retreat, what does Senior Brother want with this ice cellar?"

Ouyang Rong looked at his junior sister, and suddenly remembered what Pei Shisanniang had said to him dumbfounded when he used a large amount of saltpeter to make ice not long ago: "Is the young master a god?"

He chuckled:

"It's getting hot, so why don't you hide some ice? You can also take some with you on the road."

…

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Chapter completed!