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Logically speaking, playing chess and chess is a very rare thing. But now, the two are indeed trapped in a dead cycle where they can never distinguish between victory and loss.
Yuan Cixian only thought that she was wandering in bad things, but she didn't know that Lu Shiqing was originally looking for a draw. After all, it was actually harder to dominate the game than to ask her to win.
He pushed the chessboard and frowned and said, "Let's talk about it after night." It seemed that he did not mean to play the second game again.
Yuan Cixian thought about it, too. A person like Lu Shiqing who is stubborn and even has to speak out of right and wrong when he is hungry. The general and minister's move is so obvious that he will not make many requests next time.
The heavy rain did not last long. When the game between the two was over, the carriage turned around and picked the past in advance to drive away a flat highland that could prevent mountain torrents from invading.
When they arrived there, everything was arranged, Shi Cui sent Yuan Cixian and Lu Shiqing the food prepared early, and then went to settle the accompanying officials with Cao An and Zhao Shu.
There was no place on all sides, and everyone only took a straw raincoat and barely took refuge in the rain, hoping that the weather would be clear at night, but unexpectedly, when it was about to fall asleep, it started to drizzle again.
The drizzle is the wettest clothes. Although this situation does not cause danger, it can easily cause people to catch a cold.
When Yuan Cixian looked outside, she was embarrassed to use the same trick again and drove Lu Shiqing out with the strategy of retreating as advance.
She had already made many attempts while Tianqing was taking advantage of the sun. For example, she wanted to move the items from another carriage here and asked him to sleep on her bed. She went to the back to squeeze in, but after measuring it, she found that the place was not spacious enough, so she would rather eat outside and lie down for a night.
Lu Shiqing had not made a decision yet, and was busy reading a few important documents sent by Chang'an in her carriage. Yuan Cixian was very sensible and generally did not disturb his office, but she was sleepy and had to ask: "Mr. Lu, has your 'say' come true?"
He paused his hand holding the paper, looked up at her, and seemed to think about it before remembering this, and said lightly: "Stop, I'll read the documents and wait for the rain to stop."
What I mean is probably to prepare to go outside to settle down later.
Yuan Cixian could fall asleep even after lit a candle, but she was not a strait heart. When she recalled the fact that he asked for chess, she felt even more disgusted and said hesitantly: "I'd better wait until your sleeping place is settled before resting."
After she said that, she continued to sit aside with her eyelids on her back, her head hanging down like a chicken pecking at rice, from time to time. When she hit the sky, she woke up and rubbed her eyes to continue to accompany him.
Lu Shiqing's several measures today were nothing more than taking advantage of the right time, place, and people, in an attempt to awaken the girl's "conscience" that had been sleeping for a long time. However, seeing that she was really fooled, she suddenly felt a little unbearable. Especially when she looked like she was holding on, she felt soft and her plan was gone.
After a while, he finally closed the Chinese book, raised his head and frowned and said, "You sleep."
Yuan Cixian waved her hand to refuse, and felt secretly happy. It was true that she was sleepy and the feelings in her heart were true, but the appearance of "a little chicken pecking at rice" was fake.
She looked at the clouds and mist in the sky and expected that the rain would take at least half a night, so she thought about it and made a decision to ask Lu Shiqing to sleep in her carriage. But before that, she had to ask him to feel pity for herself, otherwise, later, the lonely man and the widow were in such a cramped place, what if he was ill-behaved with her?
Seeing her persistence, Lu Shiqing sighed, stood up and lifted the curtain and said, "I'm out."
The future is long, so don’t rush tonight.
Yuan Cixian said "ah" and pulled his sleeve: "Shilarious Minister Lu."
He turned around, lowered his eyes and looked at the green onion white jade fingers that were holding the pattern of his sleeve, and his breathing stagnated. She did have the habit of pulling his sleeves, but this time it was different from before.
Lu Shiqing raised his eyelids slightly to look at her. In this situation, do she know what such action means?
She obviously knew it and quickly said, "You spend the night in the carriage with me."
Lu Shiqing raised his eyebrows slightly and didn't say anything. He felt that she had some more words, so he silent for a moment and really listened to her continued saying: "But you also know that my brother and father are very fierce. Shi Cui is outside now, so they must know this. I am afraid that you will be broken when you return to Beijing, so please feel a little wronged..."
Well, he is afraid he will be broken by the Yuan family, and it is the third one.
Lu Shiqing took a statement of scrubbing his ears.
Yuan Cixian hesitated and said, "I tied you up with a rope, so I can give you an explanation to my family if I turn back."
"..." This girl is quite good at playing.
Lu Shiqing pulled the corners of his mouth, not seemingly agreeing: "No, I'll sleep outside."
She curled her lips: "If you have gonorrhea, I will feel sorry for you... In order to compensate for your losses, you sleep in the bed and I sleep in the couch. I promise that except for my father and brother, I will never publicize this matter and ask you to save face."
She thought it through thoroughly, and he turned around and sat down again, asking, "Are you sure?"
Yuan Cixian nodded.
Lu Shiqing was tied up with his hands on a strip of cloth and slept on her bed. Of course, the bedding was replaced by his own. The carriage was destroyed just now, and Cao An rescued the objects in time.
Yuan Cixian spread her original bedding on her couch, then turned off the candle and lay down with her clothes.
Without the candlelight, there was silence in the carriage. The sound of gurgling rain outside was clearly heard. The subtle rustling sound brushed through Yuan Cixian's ears over and over again, and itched to her heart.
She tied Lu Shiqing's hands very perfectly, which made her father teach her that she was untied. Everything was right and she finally got to sleep, but unexpectedly, she was full of sleepiness at first, and now she was completely sleepy.
She was surprised that she was so nervous this time, even though she was facing him at the post station last time and had no such concerns.
Maybe she knew the reason for his feelings. She thought.
Yuan Cixian couldn't sleep for a long time, and she was so bored that she tossed and turned around. She thought about it for a while. After hearing Lu Shiqing sigh, she felt like she was being pardoned and asked, "Mr. Lu, are you asleep?"
Lu Shiqing's faint voice sounded: "I'm asleep."
“…”
"How do you open your eyes and tell lies?" she broke his words.
"Why do you ask me knowingly? You've been moving for a long time, how can I fall asleep?" he replied.
The carriage was not warm enough, Yuan Cixian shivered, blew her nose, wrapped herself up like a silkworm pupa, with only her head exposed outside, and smiled and said, "Then let's talk a little."
He said she was a ghost. Lu Shiqing actually regretted itchy for a while and stayed here for a night. God knew that she kept rustling and how much he suffered.
Seeing that he did not answer, Yuan Cixian said to himself: "Mr. Lu, have you been to Jiangzhou?"
This question made him divert his attention. Qizhou where the two were located was now adjacent to Jiangzhou on the west road of Jiangnan. The reason why she asked this was probably because she was touching the scene and thought about "Xu Shan".
Oh, he slept with him in the same carriage, but thought of another man. Lu Shiqing said "he" in his heart and said calmly: "I've been there once."
"When did you go?" she asked.
"Last spring, when you followed the King of Southern Yunnan to Beijing and received the title."
Yuan Cixian was stunned: "The day I performed the ceremony in the palace, aren't you in Chang'an?"
"Not here."
This is strange. Since Lu Shiqing had never seen her at the beginning, how could he recognize her at first sight when Lu Ting met her? She was about to ask, but she heard him say first: "What are you asking about this?"
Yuan Cixian was a little guilty and replied in a confused manner: "Oh, I heard that the crabs in Poyang Lake are very delicious at this time."
If it tastes delicious, please find "Xu Shan" to catch her.
Lu Shiqing sneered in his heart and was silent on his face.
Seeing that he stopped talking, Yuan Cixian changed his words and asked, "By the way, I just saw the documents sent by the court talking about the repair of the Huai River River Embankment. He said that the court officials had their own opinions on this, and several of them strongly disagree with the floods in Huai River River Embankment. They were related to the looseness of the Huai River River Embankment. Naturally, we should learn from the lessons and repair them well. Why do these people oppose it? I don't understand very well."
The sixth prince, who opposed the repair of the river embankment, was around, but to put it bluntly, he was still concerned about Xu Shan's thoughts. After all, he was planning his every word and action behind his back.
Lu Shiqing felt uncomfortable, but answered her for the first time: "They are not against repairs, but are trying to delay this move. As for the nearest point, stabilizing the river bank is indeed a strategy to control water and benefit the people, but it is definitely not something that the Great Zhou Dynasty has the ability to complete. Do you know how many corrupt officials are in the country right now?"
"There are few words to requisition tens of thousands of strong men for repairing the Huaishui River embankment, but the wages allocated from the upper and lower levels will be deducted by local officials all the way. If they come to their hands, they may not even be able to get the food. Over time, the river embankment has not been repaired, which makes the people feel resentful. Moreover, how to requisition strong men for before this is also a problem."
"In order to communicate with the people and cooperate with the corvee service, local officials must not care about the wishes of the people, and recruit people everywhere. If they refuse to listen, they will conquer them by force. Even if the court sends ten imperial envoys, they may not be able to take care of this. The thousand-mile embankment is destroyed in the ant hole. Not to mention the suffering of the people along the Huai River, those who are interested may take advantage of this to take advantage of the situation and attack the rule of the Great Zhou. Do you think it is appropriate to temporarily suspend the repair of the river embankment and find other methods to remedy disasters, or to put the entire Great Zhou in war in the near future?"
He finally concluded: "If you want to cure water, you must first cure greed. These opposition voices are not wrong."
Yuan Cixian choked. One was moved by Xu Shan and Zheng Zhuo's insightful views, and the other was unexpected. Lu Shiqing, who seemed to be very indifferent to people's livelihood, actually thought so.
Seeing that she couldn't speak for a moment, Lu Shiqing's lips bent slightly.
In fact, Yuan Cixian's inexplicable thoughts about "Xu Shan" life was probably a bit understandable. "Xu Shan"'s skin was obviously not an advantage, and what attracted her the most was her mind. And the so-called "accompanying the king is like accompanying a tiger" was to avoid the saint's true intention of his many actions, when he was Lu Shiqing, he had to hide this, which probably left her a narrow impression.
That's why he patiently discussed her a long story tonight, preparing to get the light of "Xu Shan" to correct her thoughts.
Yuan Cixian was silent for a while, said softly, "You're right."
It should be bright that there would be such an imperial master in the future of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It was the first time she thought so sincerely.
Chapter completed!