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Yuan Cixian turned her head when she heard the movement and saw him, and smiled: "Sir, are here!"

Lu Shiqing avoided looking at her, nodded as usual and lowered her eyes, "Xu has met the county lord."

She waved her hand and signaled that there was no need to be too polite. She lifted up a bird cage with red sandalwood inlaid with gold wire in front of the window and showed him: "Do you think it's good?"

He glanced at it and asked, "Are you asking about birds or bird cages?"

Yuan Cixian smiled pretty: "It seems that the sir thinks that birds and bird cages are both beautiful and not good-looking."

"Yes. Xu thought the bird cage looked good, but the bird was not."

“Why?”

"Because the bird is in the cage."

"Sir, I am really a person with temperament. The bird locked in the cage is not as active as the one outside." Yuan Cixian opened the cage door and glanced at the thrush bird who was still obediently staying inside and said, "Look, I have been in the cage for a long time, and even if I am willing to let it go, it will not leave.

Lu Shiqing said the word "yes".

She handed the bird cage to the maids and asked them to take it down. She reached out to signal him to sit opposite the chess table and said, "I don't like raising birds, so I asked my brother to buy me one. I want to see if the ordinary thrush birds are easy to feed."

Lu Shiqing seemed to have some understanding: "The county lord is strange. Why did the thrush bird that the sixth prince gave to Brother Ling last time died in just a few days?"

She smiled and said, "You can't hide anything from your husband."

He explained: "Throw bird was specially domesticated and could send messages with its voice. His Highness did not fully trust Brother Ling earlier. Although he had sent the message, he also fed the bird poison so as not to fall into a handle."

Yuan Cixian seemed very satisfied with his honesty and nodded, "It is much safer to make the thrush send messages with sounds than to parrots send messages with words. Later, the gentleman asked me to mention this bird in the letter to southern Yunnan, and deliberately showed it to the spies of the saint, so that he could dispel his doubts. It was really wonderful."

Lu Shiqing was silent for a moment and learned what she had said before: "You can't hide anything from the county lord."

She smiled faintly and attracted two chess boys: "I won't talk about this anymore. I'm asking the sir to come here because I want to watch chess."

"What kind of chess do you want to watch?"

She pondered for a while and said, "Sir, do you still remember the of chess that defeated Mr. Xu in Xunyang? My father was obsessed with chess and spent a lot of money to ask for the chess record of the battle at that time, but he met some scammers in the world."

Lu Shiqing smiled with a smile: "It's an old thing twelve years ago. On that day, Xu and Mr. Xu met by chance at the head of Xunyang River. On a whim, they wanted to fight each other, but they had no son at hand, so they decided the winner by oral method. Of course, there was no chess record left behind."

Yuan Cixian suddenly realized: "No wonder."

"Since the county lord wants to see it, Xu will tell you again. If Ling Zun needs it, you can draw a chess record with him."

"In this way, will you not break the sir's rules?"

He smiled faintly: "Mr. Xu has no rules."

Two chess boys walked up, one holding a chess jar in his hand, as Lu Shiqing said, one fell black and the other fell white.

"From the east five south nine, east five south twelve, west eight south ten, west nine south ten..."

The sound of people was quiet and quiet, and the sound of the people was crisp, bright and fast. Yuan Cixian listened and felt itchy in her heart, as if she was brushed by fine grass. She seemed to be hanging her eyes and holding her cheeks, focusing on the chess , but she didn't know where she thoughts were floating.

Xunyang River must be very beautiful, she suddenly thought.

There are spring breezes and willow banks, energetic young men and white beards and long eyebrows, and peerless chess scores that have not been sung in the world, but there are no intrigues of the imperial city, just like the southern Yunnan where she is very greedy.

It was when she was wandering outside the sky that she suddenly heard the person opposite her call her: "County Lord?"

She suddenly came to her senses and saw that the chess was covered with dense chess, and hurriedly said, "I'm here."

Lu Shiqing seemed not to understand the longing flashed in her eyes and asked, "Xu has already taken the step to decide the outcome. Do you want to try to solve this ?"

She didn't answer for a moment, and asked the chess boy and the servants on all sides to retreat, and then asked back: "Sir, are the mountains and rivers in Xunyang beautiful?"

Lu Shiqing was a little stunned and said, "It looks good."

"What did you do when you were there in your spare time?"

“Fishing.”

Yuan Cixian smiled and said, "Then why did you come to Chang'an? Even fish and shrimp are cunning than elsewhere, and it is difficult to catch."

Lu Shiqing was silent for a long time before saying, "The world is turbid and the body is hard to clear. The county lord thinks, if one day the mountains in Chang'an collapse and the water dry, what should Xunyang do?"

"There will be no more fish and shrimp in Xunyang."

He nodded: "That's why I came."

"You want to save the fish and shrimps in Xunyang, but why did you choose the Sixth Prince?"

"When the palace came down to look for Xu, Xu had three questions. The first question asked him why he came. He answered for the world. The second question asked him, the world was in the hands of a saint, what does it have to do with him, the unpopular prince. He said--'My father likes to be in power, but power can cure his father's heart disease, but he cannot cure his father's world. I want to make the rotten trees in the world all over the world look like a rebirth of the dead, the abilities and the ambitions can give talents, the people and the people can enjoy blessings, and all countries from all directions congratulate me on the strong Zhou Dynasty, and I dare not step beyond the line."

Yuan Cixian's eyes flashed and she blinked very slowly: "Where is the third question?"

"Xu asked him, if one day he won the world, what would he do to cure it? Since it was not a power trick, then, would he be bent his bow and horse, or gold, silver, money and grain."

"How does Your Highness answer?"

"My virtue transforms the people, righteousness treats the scholars, etiquette and stability, rule the country, rule the country with law, and rule the four realms of Wuzhen, and benevolence cultivates the world."

Yuan Cixian was silent for a moment and smiled: "How did you know that what Your Highness said is not empty words?"

Lu Shiqing seemed to smile, "The words are empty. Xu listens to empty words with his ears and looks at the real things with his eyes."

She held the corner of her mouth, lowered her head and stopped talking.

Seeing this, Lu Shiqing lowered his eyes lightly and said, "Does the county lord still watch chess?"

"Of course." Her eyes swept over the chessboard, "You just asked me if I wanted to try to solve this decisive chess... If I unlock it, will there be a reward?"

Lu Shiqing suddenly felt an ominous premonition in his heart. But he knew that she could not solve the difficult situation, so he said with peace of mind: "What reward do you want?"

"I'm joking. You showed me this . I should thank you. In a few days, I will hold a small banquet with my brother. Are you willing to enjoy it?"

He shook his head and declined: "It's just a of chess, why bother to mobilize the masses?"

"Then I will make a bet with you. If I unlock the next move, you will have to go to the banquet."

Lu Shiqing paused, but still didn't believe that she had such great ability. He reached out and signaled: "Please."

Yuan Cixian did not study the chess anymore. She stood up and picked up a pen, dipped it ink, and returned to the chess table. Her eyes rolled around, and she painted a white piece into a black piece, then looked at Lu Shiqing with a smile: "Sir, I untied it."

Lu Shiqing looked at the chess and was choked in place. This female rogue is really...!

...

Yuan Cixian successfully made a reply with "Xu Shan". After seeing him off, he called him to pick up the branches, picked up a chess score drawn in his hand and said: "There is a big deal. You go south for me and lie down in Xunyang. After taking this chess score to visit Mr. Xu, explore his words, remember not to target others."

After picking the branches, he asked, "Does the little lady want to verify Mr. Xu's identity?"

She nodded and sighed: "I heard that Xu Congxian lost his father and mother when he was young and had no reason to be with him. Now he is at the age of thirty, but he has never had a wife. If he knows that he is more, he is probably the Xu family."

When Zhuanzhi saw her look depressed, he asked with concern: "Miss is in a bad mood?"

She shook her head.

She was just thinking about what Xu Shan said just now. Since Zheng Zhuo had such bright ambitions and innocent ideals, how could he do the tyrannical and dirty things of killing donkeys and crossing rivers and burning bridges? Why did he and her Yuan family have a grudge? Is it really that the engagement change is so simple?

When Zhuanzhi saw her not answering, he explained, "I don't know what Mr. Xu said to you, but in the final analysis, he used to be an idle person in the mountains and rivers, but now he is a politician. Every word of a politician is to convince the other party and seek benefits for himself. Don't be influenced by normal feelings and trust him easily."

Yuan Cixian was silent and did not say anything. After a moment, she changed her sentence and asked, "Pick up the branches, I haven't gone out for a few days?"

"It's been ten days."

She smiled: "I've been at home recently and don't bother Mr. Lu. On the one hand, I have to show it to the saint, and on the other hand, it's because of my brother's teaching me how to play hard to get. Do you think this life is enough to make him miss me?"

"As the saying goes, if you don't see each other for three autumns, my maid feels that if Mr. Lu's heart is not made of stone, he will misunderstand you. If you don't bother him, you will have to let him misunderstand you and give up."

"Yes." She asked by knocking on the table, "Will there be a court meeting tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow is not the heaven to attend court, but Mr. Lu may teach the Thirteenth Prince to learn literature."

Yuan Cixian pursed her lips and smiled: "Okay."
Chapter completed!