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Liu turned around in shock, and the King of Chu said again: "You don't need to look, because not only is the lock locked, but also heavy objects are piled up outside the door to block it."

"It's not too late now, the elders in the monastery should not be asleep yet, right?"

The King of Chu shook his head, "Other people deliberately lured you here, how can they miss this point, I think, even if you shouted loudly, no one would come here."

Mrs. Liu frowned deeply, "What should I do? The lonely man and the widow lived together for one night, if word spread..."

The King of Chu put his hand on his head and sighed helplessly, "Is your Wang Lang firm in his heart? Will he..."

"I believe in him, just as he believes in me."

The King of Chu breathed out, "That's good."

Shut up in the meditation room by Shuang Shuang, Liu Shi still did not forget the purpose of this trip, "By the way, the night is still long anyway, let the magistrate try the Noozi noodles made by Nu's house. calamus wine."

The King of Chu walked around the room, only a small window for ventilation was left above the wall, "I'll eat later, I'll see if I can climb out first."

Those who couldn't climb up after struggling for a long time finally chose to give up due to exhaustion. Liu couldn't hold back his jokes because of the King of Chu's appearance, "Wei Zhixian is a scholar, and those warriors may have to practice their kung fu to climb walls." Practice is good."

The King of Chu fell on the couch out of breath, "Forget it, I don't understand, I have been in Qishan for so long, who is going to have a grudge against me, and you?" The King of Chu got up and looked at Liu Shi. , "The door is locked, and you, a girl, are not afraid?"

"What is there to be afraid of, my family? Daddy said that the county magistrate is an honest gentleman, and he pretends to be ordinary people in his heart, which is different from those who put on airs."

"Based on your father's ability, it's too humiliating to be a Boss here in Qishan County."

"My family has been in business for generations, and there is only one scholar like my father. My uncle passed away early, and my father has been reluctant to leave his hometown since then."

The King of Chu lowered his eyebrows thoughtfully, "So that's how it is."

"Father doesn't want me to marry a scholar because he is afraid that I will suffer. Although Wang Lang is not a smart person, he treats me sincerely, and the son of Fufeng county magistrate is just looking for money and sex." "Now I am able to marry my beloved, thanks to the prefect Wei Zhixian, I am very grateful."

The King of Chu propped himself up from the couch, and a colored concentric knot with a black sandwich fell out from the double breasts of his chest. When Liu looked at it, he wanted to go closer and bend down to pick it up. Before she could touch it, the King of Chu Hastily picked it up and patted the dust nervously.

"Is the concentric knot in the magistrate's hand woven with a woman's black silk?" Liu looked at her concerned and flustered, "The magistrate is so careful, presumably it was given by his wife?"

The King of Chu stared at the concentric knot in his hand and nodded lightly, then murmured: "Even if we sow evil fruits, but in exchange for reunion and non-separation, even if we live a short life, I will accept it."

Mrs. Liu was very puzzled when she heard her words, "What is the county magistrate talking about?"

The King of Chu put the concentric knot in his bag with a smile, "It's nothing, just some Buddhist words."

"I never thought that a scholar like you, magistrate, also believes in Buddhism?"

The king of Chu shook his head, "I didn't believe it before I met my wife. I felt that gods, Buddhas, demons and ghosts were too far away from me, too empty and absurd. It wasn't until I met her that I began to try to understand and contact her. .”

Liu lowered her head, "The devil is not scary, what is scary is the human heart, the heart of a devil."

The King of Chu smiled and said, "Your father governs well, and the people of Qishan County live and work in peace and contentment. Compared with the bustling Tokyo city, the people and hearts there are the most terrifying in the world."

Mrs. Liu shook her head in extreme denial and said, "It's scary because you've seen it, and it's nothing because you haven't seen it. In fact, it's the same everywhere, as long as there are people around."

The King of Chu stared at Liu's opinion for a long time, then smiled slightly and said, "That's true."

"However, Tokyo City is an imperial city. Under the feet of the emperor, everyone will follow suit. No matter how the officials are, the people will naturally follow suit. For example, the magistrate said that the people in Tokyo City are the most sinister people. I have never been to Tokyo City. Dad used to go there every time. I will not bring my elder brother and I. The father-in-law of the slave family is actually from Kaifeng. Later, Weng Weng moved to Qishan and continued to do business because of some accidents. My lord, but he fought to cover up his past mistakes. He resorted to military force, and the court was short-lived and did not dare to disturb the hearts of the people, so it took the idea of ​​a businessman."

The King of Chu sneered and said, "Using the merits of expanding the territory to cover up the injustice of one's position, it's a pity that merits are merits, and mistakes are always mistakes."

"The county magistrate has always been in Tokyo City, it's a bit of a joke for me to tell you these things."

The king of Chu shook his head, "Miss Liu doesn't need to belittle herself like this, so what if I'm in Tokyo, there are still many things in this world that I can't know."

"People's eyes can only see a square inch of land, but if you are a king, you should be able to see the world, the world in your heart."

"The world in my heart?" Mrs. Liu's words immediately relieved the knot in Chu Wang's heart, "If in the future, the officials in the inner palace in Tokyo suddenly want a woman to become an official, will Miss Liu have the heart?"

Mrs. Liu was stunned for a moment when she heard King Chu's words, and then she covered her mouth and smiled, "The county magistrate obviously didn't drink this wine, why did he start talking drunk? My father used to not let me study, and then I went to beg Weng When Weng spoke, Dad invited academics to teach in the house, let alone a woman to become an official, how is this possible?"

Mrs. Liu sighed again, "Daddy said that shopping malls are like battlefields, but officialdom is even more dangerous than battlefields."

The king of Chu gradually turned cold, "Because one person dies on the battlefield, the whole family is honored, but one person died in the officialdom, even the nine clans."

These words obviously frightened Mrs. Liu, "Have you experienced what the county magistrate said?"

The King of Chu shook his head, "I haven't experienced it, but I have seen it, and..." Then he squinted his eyes and looked at the blocked window in the east, "It will be soon."

"I'm implicating the nine clans, what a crime is this?" Mrs. Liu clasped her little hands.

"How big a crime?" King Chu sneered and shook his head, "Maybe it's just that the emperor is not happy. With the snap of his fingers, there are millions of dead bodies."

"Daddy said that the emperor's heart is the most difficult thing to guess, and the emperor is also the most difficult person to approach. Daddy has stayed here for half his life, so he doesn't want to leave, and I have been here since I was born, so if what the magistrate said is all Really, I think, I probably won’t be promoted to be an official, it’s too tiring to fight with others, why don’t you spend more free time, you can read, cook and eat, grow old with your loved ones, and take care of your husband and children.”

"Miss Liu has a pure heart, she is clean and thorough, and has nothing to do with the world. This is the first time I've seen someone like you. If I didn't talk about this night with you, I might not know."

Liu covered her mouth again and smiled, "In short, she is the silly girl that Daddy said."

Mrs. Liu laughed and said again: "However, Daddy often magistrates the county in front of the slave's house, saying that you are a far-sighted person, and you know a lot at a young age. It's just that you are not smooth enough, and you always have a sense of arrogance, but it is also reasonable. The young man is full of spirit, not to mention that you are a Jinshi from the capital, a student of the Son of Heaven, and will be the pillar of the country in the future."

"Sleek?"

The person who seemed to feel that he had said the wrong thing hurriedly said: "Ah, that's not what Daddy meant..."

"I know that being in the officialdom is like swimming on the edge of a knife. Only by being tactful can you protect yourself wisely, but I..." Although King Chu is not a favored prince, there is only one person in this country who needs her to flatter, The one she doesn't want and won't.

"The magistrate should be a child of a noble family, or a noble family?" Liu didn't think about the royal family or even the clan, because the clan couldn't apply for the exam according to the rules of the dynasty, so it was impossible to obtain fame and become an official. She wondered: "It's just that I have heard of the four major surnames in the capital, Cui, Jiang, Shen, and Xiao. The Cui family, the prime minister of the dynasty, and the Jiang family, Wen Mugong, are also the current Jinling Jiang family. The wife of the Shen family is now the queen. The Shen family is the family of foreign relatives. , The Xiao family..."

"The Xiao family, the founder of Longde, the head of the 24 heroes in Hui Xun Pavilion, is a family of generals that has lasted for hundreds of years."

Mrs. Liu lowered her head and thought, "So the slave family has never heard that the surname Wei was famous in the dynasty, only Wei, but that is the surname of the country, but," Mrs. Liu looked at her with a smile, "The county magistrate... seems to be very concerned about it. Shaw?"

The King of Chu shook his head, "It's nothing, it's just that my wife happens to be named Xiao. As for my family, my family is just an ordinary scholar's family. My ancestors have been scholars for generations. Only my father is better than other clansmen in martial arts."

"The magistrate's father should be a very remarkable person, right?"

Talking about that person, the King of Chu immediately turned cold and raised his head to question, "He?" Then he shook his head vigorously and denied, "He is a self-willed and arrogant person."

"My family is not a magistrate, and I have never experienced it myself, so I can't criticize my father casually."

"It's okay, I don't like to mention him." King Chu sat up from the couch, put away the small table on the couch, "There is only one couch here, Miss Liu will make it up tonight, now there is no possibility of charcoal fire It will be a little cold." After that, she took the calamus wine from the table.

"What about you, magistrate?"

She mentioned the wine to signal, "I didn't intend to sleep tonight, and it just so happened that you brought the wine again."

"This wine is strong, you... drink less."

"Oh?" King Chu opened the lid, and immediately smelled the aroma of wine, "It really is good wine, is Miss Liu afraid that I may cause trouble if I drink too much?"

"The slave family is not afraid of what will happen to the magistrate if he drinks too much. The father of the magistrate can trust him, so the slave family can trust it too. It's just that strong alcohol hurts the body, and drinking too much is useless."

The King of Chu bowed his head aggrieved, "The only pleasure is good wine, but after marrying a wife, the lady takes care of it every day, so I can't drink wine on weekdays."

"Alcohol hurts the liver and does great harm to the body. Uncle just because he likes to drink..." Liu hurriedly reached out and covered his mouth.

The king of Chu lowered his head and smiled, "I know, probably because I had too many worries in the past, so I had to drink to fall asleep."

"Wine makes you sad and sad. Since the magistrate loves the eldest lady so much, he should take better care of his body."

Hearing her words, King Chu immediately put the wine in his hands aside, put the cushion in front of the incense table on the wall and sat down cross-legged, "Get some rest early, the elders will come over early tomorrow morning."

Mrs. Liu wanted to untie the cloak on her body to her, but she raised her hand and refused: "I don't want to kiss you, and you and I are in the same room now, it's better to keep some distance, otherwise we will really say goodbye at dawn tomorrow." I don't know why."

Mrs. Liu nodded, no longer pressing.

The next day, the lamps and candles were all burned out, and not long after dawn in the east, bustling voices came from the courtyard, "The little elder said that there is a treasure in this house, but I don't know if it's true or not."

The iron lock was unlocked at some point, and immediately the door of the meditation room was pushed open from the outside, and a beam of bright light came in.

Then I heard a shocking roar from the door, "My God!"