(I'm sorry, I had a sunburn and felt uncomfortable for several days...)
"Why do you recommend others?"
Lu Xun was furious when he saw Zhuge Liang staggering. He raised his head and glared at Sima Yi with a red face.
Sima Yi had never seen anything in Shuofang. He usually dealt with adults, and he really had no interest in talking to children, so he said lazily: "Just because I am Sima Yi."
After saying that, without waiting for a few people to react, he walked straight to the high platform. At this time, people from Dongcheng College had been waiting for a long time and saw the noisy scene on their side.
It's just that the distance was too far, so he didn't know what happened at all. He just thought that the people at Heluo Academy were anxious because of the loss.
"Hahaha, your Heluo College is so interesting, do you have to send boys to compete?" the scholar from Dongcheng College sneered.
Sima Yi was too lazy to pay attention and knelt down on the futon. He said in a solemn tone: "Instead of being so long-winded, it is better to think about how to explain to your classmates if you lose."
The scholar was stunned.
Sima Yi signaled the referee to guess first. The referee looked at Lu Su, Zhuge Liang and others, and saw that although they were filled with indignation, they had no objection to letting this person represent the academy, so he nodded slightly and signaled the start.
"Heluo Academy goes first, please."
"Thank you."
Sima Yi took the chess bowl, held it with his index and ring fingers, tapped his middle finger, picked up a black stone and dropped it on the chessboard.
When the scholar saw this, he didn't bother to argue with a little brat, and then let it go without paying any attention to it.
Sima Yi's expression did not change and he continued to make moves without any hesitation or hesitation.
The two of them went back and forth, and in an instant they reached the sixty-seventh move.
At this moment, someone in the audience suddenly shouted: "Silly, this white guy has been played so far, I would have surrendered long ago."
The sound was so loud that the scholar naturally heard it and was stunned. He couldn't help but look up at the big chessboard on one side.
As the saying goes: The authorities are confused and the onlookers are clear.
When he jumped out of the chessboard and looked at the entire game from the perspective of a bystander, the scholar instantly discovered the problem.
It turns out that I don't know when, someone has locked the dragon. As long as the chain is closed, at least 70% of the white stones on the chessboard will be eaten. The reason why the opponent is not in a hurry to lock the dragon is because he wants to use it.
The dragon divides the gold and ends.
The scholar's face changed greatly, and he remembered the last chess game. Heluo Academy lost because of the rules of Youlong sharing gold. This game was won by Youlong sharing gold. He simply didn't take himself seriously... How unreasonable?
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Sima Yi narrowed his eyes and chuckled: "Did you notice it? It's really boring. I'm still a few cents short of the Youlong gold."
The scholar looked at this boy who was seven or eight years younger than himself and almost spit out his blood. Are you so playful with people?
You're not playing chess, you're trying to kill someone.
"I, I admit defeat." The scholar raised his hands with difficulty and ran down the platform angrily.
Sima Yi picked up a chess piece, suddenly sighed with laughter, and murmured: "Oh, I'm in trouble again."
He took out his pocket watch and took a look at it. Fortunately, he only wasted a stick of incense. Sima Yi stood up, patted his knees, and walked straight to the high platform.
Seeing this, Xu Shu and Cai Heng hurriedly followed and asked curiously: "Why, you were so excited just now, but now you are no longer interested?"
Sima Yi shook his head and said: "Brother Xu is laughing, I still haven't practiced enough and shouldn't waste time on such trivial matters."
Xu Shu chuckled and said: "That's okay. Wei Jun once said that people can't tighten themselves too tightly. Once in a while, you have to relax. This black and white way is good, and it's also a good pastime."
Hearing this, Sima Yi said solemnly: "No, I can't relax for a moment until I complete the task assigned by Master."
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"It's so strong!"
Looking at Sima Yi and the other three people walking away, Zhuge Liang and others looked at each other in shock.
Pang Tong frowned and said: "Should I say it or not, this man's chess skills are very good. I think he is on par with A Liang."
Zhuge Liang looked back at the big chessboard on the background of the high platform, frowned and said, "I'm not as good as him."
Fazheng and others looked at each other and fell silent.
They no longer cared about Sima Yi's rude behavior just now.
When a person is strong enough, no matter how perverse his behavior is, it can be forgiven.
"I'll do the last round." Zhuge Liang looked at Sima Yi walking away and said firmly.
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There is a high-end pastry shop not far from the arena.
Two petite figures peeked out from the private room on the second floor, covering their faces with sticks for fear of being discovered by passers-by.
"Niu Niu, can you see clearly? The boy you are talking about hasn't come on stage yet, right?" Aning asked while helping Niu Niu hold up the window.
Niu Niu said "Hmm" twice, pointed at Zhuge Liang who was about to take the stage, blushed, and said: "There, there!"
When Aning heard this, he couldn't help but look towards the arena, and the stick in his hand was casually placed on the window sill.
Unexpectedly, the stick spun around, fell off the eaves, and fell onto the street again.
"Hey young!"
"Oops, we hit someone." An Ning spat out his tongue and hurriedly closed the window.
But after all, it was a step too slow.
When Sima Yi raised his head, he happened to see An Ning sticking out her tongue. He thought she had hit someone and was still feeling proud of him, so he suddenly became very angry.
"Okay, which family's lady is so hateful?"
Cai Heng joked: "It seems that you are a supporter of the talented scholar from Dongcheng College just now. Who made you win his sweetheart?"
Xu Shu also laughed and looked at Sima Yi's head. Good guy, there was a bump on his forehead.
Sima Yi angrily picked up the stick, which was made of rosewood. This guy was not light, so no wonder it hurt so much.
Just then, the window opened again.
"Hurry up and apologize. How can you not apologize if you hit someone?"
"I didn't mean it. The stick rolled down on its own. Sister Hao Niang, please let me go. My ears hurt so much."
Hao Niang let go of her hand angrily and looked at the pedestrians on the street. At this time, many people glanced up casually.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! They thought it was a little excitement, but when they saw Hao Niang’s appearance, it was almost visible to the naked eye, with the tavern as the center, a radius of 20 meters
Everyone inside was deadlocked.
Suddenly there was the sound of something falling to the ground, the sound of earthen pots breaking, and a small traffic accident in which a donkey, cart, and horse-drawn carriage collided.
Hao Niang seemed to be used to such scenes. She looked at Sima Yi who was holding a stick. She was startled for a moment, then smiled and said: "It turns out that Xiao Yi is back. Could it be that you were the one who hit him?"
Sima Yi and the other three came to their senses immediately and bowed respectfully to Hao Niang, "Sima Yi (Cai Heng, Xu Shu) has met Hao Niang."
Hao Niang smiled gently and said: "It looks like the injury is severe. Come up first. I have some small methods to reduce swelling and blood stasis. By the way, let this girl make good amends to you."
When Aning saw that the person he hit was actually his senior brother, he stuck out his tongue guiltily and gave Sima Yi a 'honest' giggle.
Concubine Hao personally invited her, so Sima Yi and the others naturally did not dare to neglect.
On the first floor, the female guard searched and touched them all over their body. The three of them were so embarrassed that they ran upstairs in a hurry.
The decoration of this pastry shop is very luxurious, and it mainly deals with the ladies and ladies of the Luoyang family.
Therefore, as soon as the three of them went upstairs, they felt that the room was full of fragrance, not the smell of wheat from pastries, but the fragrance of flowers from various rouges and gouache.
"Young, why is there a man upstairs?"
"Isn't that the young master who was playing chess in the ring just now?"
At this time, the box door at the end of the corridor opened, and a female guard stood there with a sharp sword.
Seeing this, the girls all went to the box to perform blessings, while Sima Yi and the other two trotted over with red faces.
The female guard glanced at them, then clasped fists with Xu Shu and said, "I have met Governor Xu."
Xu Shu returned the gift with his hands raised, even saying he didn't dare.
After entering the private room, there is a magnificent living room outside, with a round rosewood tea table in the middle and four small round stools.
Facing the north side of the door, there is a gauze screen with paintings of mountains and flowing water, gold threads as the sun, and silver threads as the river, which is extraordinarily noble.
Several graceful figures loomed behind the screen, and you could hear them discussing something in low voices.
At this time, Hao Niang said: "Sit down and talk. It's rare that Governor Xu is here. Let's talk about the situation in Shuofang. I heard that after winter, there are still people traveling on the trade routes to the Western Regions. I don't know if it's true or not.
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Xu Shu and the three of them took their seats one after another. Immediately, a maid brought freshly baked cakes and various pastries, as well as a glass teapot. In front of the three of them, they added hot water and fragrant tea and placed them on the scented candle to warm them.
"There are indeed caravans coming and going as usual, thanks to the old general Huangfu guarding the Anxi Protectorate. Nowadays, many foreigners have settled in our Han Dynasty to survive. They do not have Han household registration and cannot be allocated land and fields. They can only make a living by doing business.
Therefore, we never stopped doing business."
"I see." Another woman said, obviously she asked Hao Niang to ask this question.
At this time, Cai Heng suddenly asked: "But my aunt is here?"
The woman behind the screen was stunned, then stood up, walked closer, took a look, and said with a smile: "It turns out that Heng'er is here too. You just returned to Luoyang? Why don't you go back to your home to see your father first?"
Cai Heng chuckled, glanced at Sima Yi and Xu Shu, and said, "I wanted to invite my two brothers to go back to the house together. Isn't this a delay?"
This woman was the daughter of the Fan family who first helped Cai Yan start the soap business in Luoyang. Although she was not the biological mother of the three siblings, she had always treated the three siblings as her own children, so they had always had a close relationship.
Mrs. Fan walked outside, bowed to Xu Shu and Sima Yi, and said, "My Heng'er has always relied on these two young gentlemen to take care of her."
"I don't dare to accept it, I don't dare to accept it." Xu Shu and Xu Shu hurriedly stood up and returned the courtesy.
Mrs. Fan touched Cai Heng's head and saw that he had lost weight and darkened a lot. She said distressedly: "Are you still going after the Chinese New Year?"
Cai Heng thought he was an adult, so he blushed and pushed away Fan's hand, and said matter-of-factly: "Of course I want to go. I'm the chief of city affairs in Shuofang County. They can't do it without me taking charge of the overall situation."
"Oh? You are the chief administrative officer of Shuofang City. Come on, come on and tell me why you demolished my soup pool?"
On the other side of the screen, Zhang Hui came out holding a baby. Although he was questioning, his tone was actually full of anger.
Cai Heng was stunned. He didn't expect to meet the strong woman behind the soup pool. It would be difficult to deal with it now. Moreover, Shuofang's soup pool was not demolished by him, but...
At this time, Sima Yi stood up, bowed his hands to Zhang Hui, and said, "So that Manager Zhang will know that I came up with the idea of demolishing the soup pool."
Zhang Hui naturally did not dare to offend Wei Jun's chief disciple, but was just curious about how he would explain.
"The two soup pools are asymmetrical from left to right, which affects the look and feel of the entire Shuofang City."
"...Is it because of this?"
Sima Yi cupped his hands and said seriously: "Yes, because of the asymmetry."
Zhang Hui and Fan both looked confused.
Only Xu Shu and Cai Heng, who were accustomed to Sima Yi's seriousness and nonsense, smiled bitterly at the side.
Xu Shu hurriedly said: "Manager Zhang, you can rest assured. I have ordered people to rebuild the soup pool before, and it must be open for business now."
Zhang Hui glanced at Sima Yi with a strange expression, then walked back behind the screen with the baby in his arms.
Sima Yi couldn't help but glance at the baby. For some reason, something seemed to be leaving him, and he felt empty.
"Wow, wow..."
As if sensing something, the baby girl suddenly burst into tears.
Zhang Hui hurriedly comforted her, "Be good, Chunhua is the best if you don't cry."
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Leave the pastry shop.
Xu Shu looked at Sima Yi speechlessly and said: "You, you, you can't make a roundabout way when you talk. That manager Zhang is a very important person. The development of Shuofang's economy and trade is indispensable for her efforts. What if I offend you?"
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Sima Yi frowned and said: "Why do you deliberately talk in a circle? Even if you are afraid of offending others, it is she who is afraid of offending me, not me who is afraid of her. I am the administrator of Shuofang appointed by Lord Wei. Do I still act based on people's faces?"
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Xu Shu was speechless for a moment.
Cai Heng felt that Sima Yi was right. Young men like them who came from aristocratic families were actually a bit chauvinistic. They felt that men were in charge of outside affairs and women were in charge of domestic affairs. They were somewhat contemptuous of strong businesswomen like Zhang Hui.
But Xu Shu was different. He was from a humble background and experienced many affairs, and he had an accurate grasp of the ways of the world.
If he hadn't come to the rescue just now, Zhang Hui might have already held a grudge against Sima Yi in his heart.
Don't underestimate Zhang Hui's energy. Although she is only the manager of Tangchi in name, people who know the industry know that Zhang Hui's shadow is in every industry related to Tangchi.
Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s just say that the reason why Xiuhefang was able to develop and grow was that Zhang Hui’s role was crucial. Otherwise, just relying on the beauty of Du Liniang would not be enough to open Xiuhefang all over the country.
"Oh, forget it, forget it, I'm too lazy to tell you...huh?"
Xu Shu suddenly stopped, and a look of vigilance flashed between his brows.
When Sima Yi and Cai Heng looked back at him, fine cold sweat had already broken out on Xu Shu's forehead.
"Brother Xu?" Sima Yi looked around and said in a deep voice: "What did you see? But there are Huns assassins around?"
The three of them controlled the situation in Shuofang and offended many Huns. They often invited barbarians to attack and kill Xu Shu, especially Xu Shu. They were surrounded by dangers several times and developed a certain ability to sense danger.
Only, this time is different.
Xu Shu frowned, looked at the porch of a restaurant not far away, and said in a deep voice: "I didn't expect that temptress to come to Luoyang. Wherever she appears, nothing bad will happen."