(Sorry, I got sunburned and felt uncomfortable for several days...)
"Why do you push people?"
Lu Xun was so angry when he saw Zhuge Liang staggering due to the push that 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. 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, saying in a solemn tone: "Instead of being so verbose, 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 a long time ago."
The sound was so loud that the scholar naturally heard it. He was stunned and couldn't help but look up at the large chessboard on one side.
As the saying goes: The authorities are confused and the onlookers will understand.
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 turned out that someone had locked the dragon. As long as the chain was closed, at least 70% of the white stones on the chessboard would be eaten. The reason why the opponent was not in a hurry to lock the dragon was because he wanted to use the chain to lock the dragon. Youlong 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? !
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 him and almost spit out his blood. Are you so playful with people?
You are not playing chess, you are killing people and killing people.
"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."
Taking out his pocket watch and taking a look at it, Sima Yi saw that he had only wasted an hour on the stick of incense. He 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 at me. I still haven't practiced enough. I shouldn't waste my time on such trivial things."
Xu Shu chuckled and said: "It's okay. Wei Jun once said that people can't tighten themselves too tightly. You have to relax occasionally. 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 two people walking away, Zhuge Liang and the others looked at each other in shock.
Pang Tong frowned and said: "Should I say it or not, this man's chess skills are amazing. 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 ring.
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 played yet?" Aning asked while helping Niu Niu hold the window.
Niu Niu said "Hmm" twice, pointed at Zhuge Liang who was about to take the stage, blushed, and said: "There, there!"
Upon hearing this, Aning couldn't help but look towards the arena, the stick in his hand resting casually on the window edge.
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 Aning 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. What a guy, there's 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.
At this moment, 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 by itself. 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.
They thought it was just 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, everyone within a radius of 20 meters froze.
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 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 Fei."
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 touched (searched) them all over their body. The three of them were so embarrassed that they ran upstairs in a hurry.
This pastry shop is very luxuriously decorated, and its main business is 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 wheat fragrance of pastries, but the floral fragrance of 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 say blessings, while Sima Yi and the other three 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 that 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 they could be heard whispering about something.
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. ?”
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 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, stood up, walked closer, took a look, and said with a smile: "It turns out Heng'er is here too. You just returned to Luoyang? Why don't you go back 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 Fan girl who first helped Cai Yan start the soap business in Luoyang. Although she was not the biological mother of the three siblings, she always treated them as her own children, so they 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 become thinner and darker. She said distressedly, "Are you still going after the New Year?"
Cai Heng thought he was an adult. He blushed and pushed away Fan's hand, and said matter-of-factly: "Of course I want to go. I am the chief affairs officer of Shuofang County. They can't do it without me in 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 the chief disciple of Wei Jun, but was just curious about how he would explain.
"The two soup pools are asymmetrical, 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 on the sidelines.
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?" "
Sima Yi frowned and said: "Why do you deliberately talk in a circle? Even if you are afraid of offending others, it is because she is afraid of offending me, not that I am afraid of her. I am the administrator of Shuofang appointed by Lord Wei. How can I act based on people's faces?" ?”
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 business women like Zhang Hui.
But Xu Shu is different. He comes from a humble background, has been through the world for a long time, and has a precise grasp 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 talk about the reason why Xiuhefang can develop and grow. Zhang Hui’s role in it is crucial. Otherwise, just relying on the beauty of Du Liniang will 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? Are there Hun assassins around?"
The three of them were calling the shots in Shuofang, and they offended many Huns. They often invited barbarians to attack and kill Xu Shu, especially Xu Shu. They were surrounded by dangers several times, and they 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 solemnly: "I didn't expect that temptress to come to Luoyang. Wherever she appears, nothing good will happen."
