[Caiyun Kingdom] The beginning of people

"Cough!" There was a tickle in my throat, and several coughs. I quickly covered my mouth with a handkerchief, but I was still heard.

"Miss!" Qingzao stood in front of me with her hips crossed, scolding me incessantly, "You sneaked away again! You won't listen to me asking you to wear more clothes!"

"...No... I think I don't need fox fur in autumn..." I was wrapped up tightly, and Qingzao let me out of the courtyard for a walk.Do you want a puppy? That's it.

"You got scolded again?" Li Wenxian, the boss who was sitting in the lake pavilion and playing with the chessboard, looked at me with a smile.

Like my father, he and Lin Mu stayed with me in Guiyang.

I smiled, sat down opposite him, and cleaned up the chessboard, "Don't keep reading my jokes. Why are you alone? Where did Master Mu go?"

"We didn't grow up together," Li Wenxian put his hands in his sleeves, "Why must he be here when I'm here?"

"..." No, in my eyes, you two grew up together.

"He took his elementary school student to play, leave him alone."

"...Master Mu is out?"

"how?"

"I just think the people of Guiyang have had enough." I put back the chess box that had been divided into pieces, and played with the black pieces.

"Don't worry, what can A Mu do? It's just rolling his eyes and stabbing people with words," Li Wenxian stretched out his hand, and dropped a white piece on the stone chessboard, "Or he just went crazy. An old man with old arms and legs, If you want to make a fuss, you can't make a fuss, and you can finish him with one fist."

... hit the nail on the head. "Okay, I was thinking too much." I thought for a while, and then dropped a sunspot.

"What about Xiaolan? Are you fed up again?"

"If life is enough, death is not far away," I said with a smile, "You want me to say that? Sickness comes like a mountain, and goes like a thread. I can't control this body if it's sick. , how can I take care of other things? The only thing is to take care of yourself slowly.”

"It's good if you can think like this," Li Wenxian looked at me with a calm smile, "I thought Xiaolan was already in a hurry."

"It's because I'm impatient." Because I don't want to stay in bed anymore, I always sneak out while hiding from Qingzao.

"If you don't get rid of this impatience, your chess will not improve. If you feel angry when something happens, you would rather not do anything, and wait for a long-term plan after calming down. The evidence ran out, and there is a second one. The other party has done it. , are you afraid that you won’t be able to find anything? If you really can’t find it, it’s because you can’t do it yourself.”

"Yes." Li Wenxian was talking about the fact that I mistakenly involved Shen Jingkang, the inspector of Dali Temple, in the assassination case of the national examination, so that he found something he shouldn't have investigated and was assassinated and killed.At that time, I had just seen Zhong Jietong's body, and I lost my composure and benevolence.

"It's a good move to put yourself on the bright side and avoid the possibility of the enemy secretly assassinating you."

I answer softly.It's coming, first raise and then lower, Li Wen's explicit reprimand is coming.

Naturally, what he was talking about was not the chess we were playing, or the assassination case in the national test.It's already the end of July, and after giving me enough time for psychological pressure and reflection, he finally came to give me a post-match review.I won't be able to learn his calm kung fu for a while.Speaking of which, of Lin Mu and Li Wenxian, Li Wenxian is my real teacher.Lin Mu just played chess with me and never talked about anything else, while Li Wenxian taught me many different things, including reading. There is only a formal apprenticeship ceremony between us.

"I'll give you an average evaluation of Mrs. Zhong's bitter tricks in order to cheer her up again. You've ruined your own reputation. If you want to be willful and lose your temper, it's not like you would do that."

I smiled wryly, "Yes, I remember."

"Tricked the leader of the assassin to let him fall into Kui Huangyi's hands, and then took advantage of the assassin's psychological weakness to extract a confession. In addition, he deceived the Guiyang gangster and pretended to make peace with him. In fact, he obtained evidence and then wiped him out in one fell swoop." Li Wenxian put his eyes on the chessboard, and slowly made a move without looking at me, "The result is good, but the method is too feminine. I don't know why it is so strange? Don't just focus on the strange strategy, first make the right move." Let's talk after studying well." His voice was calm, but it was quite oppressive.

"...Yes." I was scolded and scolded.I was so scolded that my face was dripping with cold sweat.

"If it's empty, it's real, if it's real, it's false. If you don't attack, you don't attack. If you don't attack, you attack. It's okay to march into the city."

I said frankly: "...the final mobilization of soldiers and horses was actually initiated by Kui Huangyi, and I didn't expect that the previous feigned attack by the defenders could cover up the real mobilization that followed."

"Then it's still a bad move."

"...Yes." I smiled helplessly.

"But it doesn't matter, you have chosen a good partner who can make the most of your advantages."

"……"cut.I also play chess pieces.

"Why?" He raised his eyes and looked at me with a half-smile that made my scalp tingle.

"Aoi-sama is best at using others until there is no value left." I frowned, "I always feel a little uncomfortable."

"You're not as smart as others, so you're jealous?"

"..." Where do I have it?

"Learn hard, play well if you can play it well, and stay away from those you really can't play." Li Wenxian made another move lightly and deftly, slaughtering the big dragon I just formed, "Kui Huangyi thought It’s too big, if you don’t want to climb up, don’t just lean over it.”

I looked at the chessboard, swallowed secretly, "Yes." If that's the case, I must stay away from Li Wenxian first.Li Wenxian had served as a servant under the door, and the hills and valleys in his chest were also very human.

"Xiaolan, the last round was in Heizhou, you were tied, but this round was full of mistakes and omissions because of self-importance, and it was slightly worse than Kui Huangyi. Jiedao really forced him to be good, very cool, but it's a pity The most important thing is that Kui Huangyi handled the process of cleaning up the gangsters well, and there were no major mistakes, so I can't see the joke about him being in a hurry."

"...I thought you liked him a lot." Li Wenxian had always had good comments on Kui Huangyi.Although he has a good feeling for Guan Feixiang, he is actually not close to Feixiang, and the same is true for Zhong Jietong. Only when he talked about Kui Huangyi, his tone showed more concern for his younger generation.

"If you like him, you will like to read his jokes."

"..." What a twisted love this is.

"His father wasn't so fun back then." He made another move and happily robbed my chess piece. "His grandfather is a good one, but it's a pity that he left early, otherwise..." He stopped talking, without saying a word. Go on.

"Do you know anyone from the Aoi family?"

"I was an official in the same dynasty, so I have some contacts. Kui Huangyi's grandfather entered the court as an official in the same year as me, and stayed in the Imperial Academy for three years."

"You live as long as the sky."

"If you want to scold me for being too old, just say it," he said with the final word, looking up at me with a smile on his face, "I'm definitely not angry."

"No, I definitely didn't mean that. Really, this heart can be learned from the sun and the moon." The one who believes in you is the number one idiot in Tianzi.

"Hahahaha." Li Wenxian successfully killed my chess pieces.

I said helplessly, "Master Wenxian, you are not proud of victory."

"It's smart to win without being arrogant, but you don't know how to be happy when you win." He stood up and patted me on the shoulder. "It's the number one idiot in the world." After finishing speaking, he folded his hands in his sleeves and turned outward. Let's go, "Ah Mu and I will go to the palace tomorrow, and the old courtiers have to go back to the capital to thank you according to the etiquette, so I won't accompany you." Li Wenxian walked further and further away.

I watched his back for a while.

Are you happy to win?

I smiled wryly, shook my head and packed up the chess pieces again.I know he is kind enough to comfort me, but how can I be happy because of this kind of thing?

Tomorrow is the day of execution after autumn. The officials, assassin groups, and Guiyang gangsters who fell in the state test assassination case will all go to the execution ground tomorrow. I am in a time of impatience.

In terms of grasping the timing of the conversation, I am still far behind Li Wenxian.

In the afternoon, Feixiang also came to Zhangfu for dinner after work in the palace. In the evening, he would stay in another house outside the palace city instead of staying with us.It seems that Feixiang will live in Guiyang for a long time in the future, and it is good to buy his own house.

"Come on, Mr. Zhang," Fei Xiang yelled loudly as soon as he entered the door, "I brought you good wine from the Imperial Forest Army, your son!"

I glared at him, "Are you running to steal wine again?"

"No, I really didn't this time." Feixiang smiled and sat down on the wooden chair in the hall, and put the wine bottle in his hand on the table, "This is won from a wine fight with them. Haha, if you fail the exam, run away It’s good to be a member of the Royal Forest Army!”

To become an official for wine, do you think you are Ruan Ji?

... What?Ruan Ji?

I sat next to him and looked at him sideways, "Is there something wrong with work?" I was so bored that I ran to the Royal Forest Army to fight for wine.

Feixiang waved his hand, "Xin Ding is always like this, it's okay."

I smiled, "Well, it's all right." It's all right, and when I come home, there's nothing wrong with it.

Fei Xiang reached out and rubbed my head, "I can't hide it from you."

I shrugged, "There are many people in this room that you can't hide."

"... Where did you find a lot of old men..." Fei Xiang pretended to look up to the sky and howled.

I saw my father had come over, covered my mouth and laughed.

Father slapped Feixiang on the head, "Do you know about wine all day long? Hmm?"

"What's wrong with wine?" Lin Mu jumped in from the window and quarreled with his father.

Li Wenxian walked in calmly with his hands folded.

Fei Xiang and I looked at each other and smiled.

After the meal, the old people went for a walk in the courtyard, and Feixiang led me to avoid Qingzao and sneak out the door.

"...Well, second brother," I struggled to lift my skirt and walked among the grass and rocks, "Why didn't you say you would take me up the mountain?" If you said it earlier, I wouldn't come.

"Ahahahaha~ What does this have to do with it?"

Ahhh your head.Later, it was really hard to walk, so Feixiang wanted to carry me.I waved my hand to signal no need, bent down and simply tore off the hem of the skirt, and immediately became agile.

Feixiang hissed, "I'm talking about you, how much does such a fluffy skirt cost? You really destroy it without blinking an eye."

I took his hand and took a step up with my strength, "It's better than getting in the way. What? I never heard you talk about money before?"

"How should I put it?" He rubbed the back of his head, "This monthly salary is not even enough to feed me. If my father didn't send someone to help me, I wouldn't be able to buy a house in Beijing."

"So you start to worry about money?"

"That's not right. Anyway, I don't want to waste it, but I still need to use it."

I laughed, "It's good of you to think so. I was afraid that if you live alone, you won't know how to take care of your own house, and you will spend every month without a penny left."

"……Ah ha ha ha ha ha……"

"……what do you mean……"

"I really don't have any money left."

"..." I covered my forehead, "Do you have someone to take care of your house?"

"No."

Then his house must be uninhabitable, and he has to take a good look at Feixiang's house some other day. "Second brother, I've been in poor health these days, so I didn't notice this, I'm sorry."

"Hey, hey! I'm not here to complain about you," he patted my back vigorously, "You're up again."

I was hit by his hand so hard that I almost fell to the ground, and I glared at him again.

"Anyway, if you don't have enough, just talk to me. I'm your younger sister, don't be shy." I also rolled up my sleeves, but I slapped him on the back vigorously, "Remember, your third sister has a good way of making money, don't save me That's a little bit. Don't touch those messy filial piety, wait until you slowly figure out the way, don't worry."

"I don't want any filial piety! I won't do that!" Fei Xiang's subordinates pulled me up to the top of the mountain in one breath.

Standing on the top, I didn't speak, just took a deep breath and looked at the panorama of Guiyang below the mountain.After a long silence, I said: "Second brother, being an official has difficulties. If you really have to do it, don't worry, no one will blame you."

"I will not."

"When the water is clear, there will be no fish."

"I know."

I slightly raised my head to look at him, he smiled at me, put his hands on my shoulders from behind, and looked at Guiyang at the foot of the mountain, "Ah San, just watch, I won't. Guan Feixiang is Guan Feixiang, Whether you are wearing dirty clothes or official uniforms outside, it’s the same as Guan Feixiang. Our buddies from Heizhou don’t have as many jabbers as people from Guiyang.”

"Well, I'm watching." I looked at him sideways and smiled, "Second brother, don't forget that I am also a girl from Heizhou, and I am the backing of the brothers from Heizhou. I have no other skills, but listen It’s alright for brother to complain a bit.”

"Hahahaha~" He rubbed my head again, "Ah San, what are your plans for tomorrow?"

"What do you think, brother?"

"I will watch it. I don't like to watch this kind of thing, and I'm not a pervert, but I always feel that I have to watch it, and the matter of the eldest brother is finally over." Feixiang's face that was still full of energy just now has already sunk down. .

"Hmm." After all, the years have carved deep marks on his face.

"Then are you going?"

"I haven't decided yet." Lying.

"If you are uncomfortable, don't go."

I sat down on a rock, "I don't think it's a question of whether it's hard or not."

Fei Xiang also sat on the ground next to him, "Listen to me, don't embarrass yourself."

I smiled and didn't say anything. I watched the shadowy imperial city with him on this small hill, and the pleasant autumn wind was blowing.

When I went back at night, I had a little fever again, which scared Feixiang and went to make ginger soup for me, but Geguo was hit by green dates.Qingzao became fiercer day by day, waving a firestick to train Feixiang until he couldn't lift his head up.Fei Xiang winked at me for help like killing a chicken and wiping his neck. I held the hot ginger soup, smiled and blinked silently, expressing that I was helpless.

"Miss!" Just as I was happily watching the play, Qingzao's big elf eyes swept over with a fierce look, and turned to scold me.

"Third Sister," Fei Xiang whispered, "Girl Qingzao made you look like this, is she going to get married? She's even more fierce than my majestic Jiuwenlong!"

I also suppressed my voice and replied, "It's none of my business, it's what she grew up by herself."

"It's none of your business? The last Yan Tian, ​​I still remember her mouth fresh! One is fine, both are powerful girls, and you still say it's none of your business? You're lying!"

"Let me say," Qing Zao snapped, and slammed the fire stick on the stove, "Did the second master and miss reflect on themselves?"

"Yes," I said with a smile, "Of course." I didn't hear what she was saying at all, haha.

After drinking ginger soup and sweating, it was fine. When I woke up the next morning, I was already very energetic, but Qingzao just wanted to quarrel with me, picking thorns at me from hair to toenails, and insisted on telling me Become a critically ill dying patient.

"Miss," the servant Wang Dali trotted over, "Miss Aoi is here."

Kui Huangyi?I haven't seen him since the case was closed, and he came to the door in person today. Could it be that he wants to order me again?While imagining Kui Huangyi's intention of coming with the greatest malice, I walked to the lobby of the outer courtyard to meet the guests.

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