"Ah? Drawings, what kind of drawings? Father is talking about the paper in Uncle Du's hand? Sizi has it!!"
"Wait for Sizi to look for you, eh! Wait, father, after I help you find the blueprints, shouldn't you fulfill your promise and take Sizi to play?!"
Xiao Sizi held his hands on his lips, his eyes burning with anticipation.
"Ahem, yes, yes, don't worry Si Zi, my father will take you to see fish today. You and Kuan'er used to like fishing. If you want, my father can also accompany you to fish."
Li Shimin thought to himself that his second son liked fishing and sometimes skipped family dinners just to go fishing. Maybe the secret was in the fishing.
"Hehe, okay, then Sizi will help Uncle Du find the blueprints!!"
Satisfied, Xiao Sizi took out his treasure bag and started rummaging around.
She hasn't thrown away those drawings yet. Her original intention was to let Li Shimin play with her before throwing them away. Now she can just pass them on to others without having to throw things away herself.
Looking through the treasure bag...
Li Shimin took a quick glance and thought that this treasure bag is really big enough. Hey, wait a minute! !
Through the corner of his eye, he saw something strange. It was a box of square bamboo slices, stacked together and beautifully shaped.
In one of them, the number 9 is carved on the bamboo piece, which is in the shape of a plum blossom.
"Sizi, what is that?"
My daughter, Xiao Sizi, attaches great importance to the treasure bag. In the past, Guanyin maid tried to take it away secretly, but when Xiao Sizi found out, she burst into tears on the spot. She hated Guanyin maid that day and refused to eat that night, but she was so worried. bad.
So Li Shimin used his fingers.
"Huh? This is it."
Xiao Sizi took out a thick rectangular piece of bamboo, which was just the size of her palm.
"Father, this is the bamboo card that the second brother gave to Sizi. He said that it was originally called playing cards, but he was afraid that Sizi would be too stupid to remember, so he called it bamboo card."
"Bamboo sign?" Li Shimin was slightly stunned, "What is this? Father, I think its shape is quite exquisite. It is comparable to the silks and satins and luxurious clothes in the palace. Kuan'er... why does your second brother spend so much money? The price is to do this weird thing?!"
It usually takes several months to embroider one of the luxurious clothes on the market today.
The main reason is that carving on the clothes takes too much effort. It can take as little as one month or as long as half a year.
The dragon robe he is wearing now took two years and more than 600 embroiderers to complete.
It's so time-consuming, laborious, and costly for people and money. Why did Kuan'er spend so much money on this bamboo tablet? !
Too busy? Rich playboy? !
If it was his previous impression, Li Shimin thought it was certain. This traitor only knew how to idle around all day long, spend a lot of gold and silver, and even throw it into the water.
And now...
If he still thinks so, Li Shimin thinks he is a fool.
Kuan'er definitely has his own intentions! !
It’s just that I don’t know it.
Li Shimin was very determined.
"This is for relieving boredom. There are fifty-four bamboo cards in total, with numbers from 1 to 10, and four patterns, including hearts, spades, clubs, and diamonds."
"In addition, there are three symbols created by the second brother, J, Q, K, which are also divided into four patterns, as well as two red kings and black kings, for a total of fifty-four bamboo cards."
Seeing that Li Shimin was confused after hearing this.
Xiao Sizi raised his lips lightly and proudly supported his waist with both hands, "Hee hee, how about it, father, my second brother is so awesome, he can create bamboo cards."
Li Shimin rubbed his head, "Then, what's the use of this bamboo sign?!"
"It can be used to relieve boredom."
"Second brother said that there is a game that is suitable for three people. It's called Landlord. Uncle Du is here today. Father, how about we play this game? It's very fun."
Li Shimin hesitated, "This..."
"Oh, let's play, let's play. It's really fun. Father believes in Sizi and also believes in second brother."
Xiao Sizi shook Li Shimin's hands coquettishly.
"This...well, my father only agreed to you because he is looking for a valuable treasure for the Tang Dynasty today. Sizi, please don't think that your father also wants to play."
Li Shimin reminded him, and then asked Du Chuke to come over too.
Du Chuke was afraid to step forward.
In fact, compared to ordinary monarchs and ministers, the relationship between Du Chuke and Li Shimin is very good.
He was promoted by Li Shimin. He was different from the nobles such as Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling. Although he was a Jingzhao Du family and the younger brother of Du Ruhui, he had lived a hard life since he was a child and grew up like a commoner in Li. Li Shimin invested in him. There are so many things, so Du Chuke is not shy about many things.
Du Chuke himself was a little panicked.
As the saying goes, accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger.
Now he just wants to quickly get back the Lubansuo blueprint and then leave.
"Your Majesty, I am afraid that I am not suitable to be with you and the little princess..."
"Du Shangshu, if you want to get the Luban Lock blueprint, play the so-called landlord fight with me."
Li Shimin interrupted directly.
The emperor said so, and Du Chuke had no choice but to obey.
soon.
Xiao Sizi explained the rules, and the two guys who stood at the pinnacle of power quickly understood the rules of the game.
The dealing of cards begins.
There are a total of seventeen cards for each person, and three are reserved for the landlord.
"Ah, three threes, three fours, what a small number of cards."
Xiao Sizi was a little depressed, and immediately said, "Uncle Du, do you want to call me landlord? It starts with you."
"this……"
Du Chuke looked at his four 2s and the big and small kings, and thought for a while or gave up on the landlord.
"Father, it's your turn."
Li Shimin looked at the cards in his hand and found that there were almost no usable cards. 3456 was missing a 7, 7788 was missing a 9, and all were missing arms and legs.
A difficult card, but isn't it exactly the same as his current situation? !
"I want it!!"
Li Shimin picked up the three landlord cards.
"3!"
"Ah, why is Father so friendly at the beginning? That Si Zi has an A!!"
Li Shimin:...
"Sizi, come out."
"Hehe, okay, *3 3's, 3 4's, bringing two more!!"
"don't want."
"778899."
"don't want."
“JJQQK……”
Xiao Sizi played his cards one by one and blocked Li Shimin directly.
For the first time, Li Shimin felt the malice from his daughter.
then,
The second game, the third game, the fourth game...
Throughout the whole process, Du Chuke did not dare to play cards, not to rob the landlord, but to feed the two father and daughter. The victory or defeat depended entirely on the performance of Li Shimin and Xiaosizi and his daughter.
As for Li Shimin's war so far, whether it's the farmers' side or the landlord's side, they're almost 80 to 20 apart.
Xiao Sizi is eight, he is two.
An hour later.
"Wow, it's so late. Father, Sizi has to go to dinner with his mother, so he won't play anymore."
Xiao Sizi stretched.
Children are active, but have poor endurance, and the little Sizi is already feeling tired.
"Come again, come again, just one more."
Li Shimin's pupils were a little red, like a gambler who lost his money, but he quickly reacted and coughed, "Ahem, okay, Sizi, go quickly. I believe your mother is already waiting, don't let me She waited too long."
