The Laughing Usa of the Red Chamber

Ji Qian stood quietly by the door without speaking or looking back.

Shen Yulin added a spoonful of Yunhanxiang to the furnace, sighed softly, and said: "For me, love...is too far away."

Ji Qian pursed his lips and remained silent.

"What's more, although the incense just now and the incense at this time have the same taste, they are not the same... Today you are sincere, what about tomorrow?"

Ji Qian said: "You still don't believe it."

Shen Yulin slightly raised his eyebrows, and said: "There is a world of difference between you and me, and I can't tolerate my vows lightly."

Ji Qian sighed, "Yulin, I will wait for you."

What he said was inexplicable, but Shen Yulin understood. He narrowed his phoenix eyes slightly and responded in a low voice.

When I re-climb to Qingyun, if you don't give up, I will never leave in this life.

☆☆☆☆☆.

Because he came in a hurry and walked by water, he was not in a hurry to return now, Shen Yulin leaned on the cushion of the carriage and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

If he got seasick again like last time, he might lose his face in front of the two disciples.

Seeing him like this, Ji Qian smiled helplessly: "Didn't it mean that if you passed out once, you won't faint again?"

Shen Yulin said: "That's the way to coax children in the south of the Yangtze River! The waterway is cheap, and ordinary people travel like this. Children are prone to seasickness, so adults use these words to coax them. After boarding the boat, it's easy to drink a bowl of medicine. alright."

Ji Qian rubbed his hair, and said with a smile: "So, you didn't know how much medicine you drank in the past few days, why didn't you get better?"

Shen Yulin turned his head to avoid his hand, and said: "Some people are born with seasickness... What do you do?"

Ji Qian said helplessly: "Is it not enough to just touch?"

Shen Yulin frowned and said, "I'm not used to this."

Ji Qian bent his black eyes and said with a smile: "It's just that I'm not used to it, not disgusted?"

Shen Yulin was startled, and pursed her lips.

Seeing this, Ji Qian chuckled, paused, and turned over the small mahogany table in the middle of the carriage, revealing a chessboard.

Shen Yulin raised his eyes, and saw Ji Qian taking out two wooden chess boxes carved with gold from under the chessboard.

"I heard that Mr. Tong Yuan also said that Yulin is very good at chess. Now that you are bored in the carriage for a long time, would you like to play a game with me?"

Shen Yulin only felt that the atmosphere was subtle, so he nodded in agreement, took a chess box, and felt that it was heavier than usual, when he opened it, he found that it was a pair of white jade chess pieces, each of which was smooth and shiny.

Ji Qian raised his eyebrows slightly, and opened what was in his hand, which was also a whole box of black jade chess pieces, without a trace of variegation.

"How did you stuff this in?" Ji Qian frowned.

Shen Yulin felt slightly, and turned the lid over, but Zhao Shi's seal script "Heavenly Made Harmony" was engraved on it.

It turned out to be... Marriage Chess.

This can be regarded as an ancient relic. Go was very popular among nobles in the Zhao Dynasty. It evolved to the middle and late Zhao period when the nobles married each other and would give each other marriage chess. When they were newly married, the man played black and the woman played white. Bureau, implying harmony between married couples after marriage.

Shen Yulin raised his brows lightly, and glanced at Ji Qian.

Ji Qian smiled helplessly: "This is really a coincidence..."

"Guess first." Shen Yulin reached out and grabbed a handful of chess pieces, and said calmly.

Ji Qian's luck was really bad today, Shen Yulin pursed his lips, and went ahead with black hands.

......

"You have been laughing since morning till now, and I am exhausted for you." Feng Shaoqin frowned, put down the Analects of Confucius annotated by Shen Xiang in his hand, and looked at Ji Yuanyi who curled his lips and squinted his eyes.

Ji Yuan also snorted, "I can't tell you clearly."

Feng Shaoqin sighed very maturely, and said: "The younger brother has grown up, and the older brother is also getting old... Sigh..."

Ji Yuanyi patted Feng Shaoqin on the head, rubbed the top of his hair, and said in a low voice: "That's all, that's all, I'm only telling you about this matter, don't let others know about it."

Feng Shaoqin's heart was itching for a long time, and he pretended to say: "A gentleman keeps his promise..."

Ji Yuan also sneered, hooked Feng Shaoqin's neck and whispered something.

"If Master knows..." Feng Shaoqin bit his lip and said in a low voice.

Ji Yuanyi raised his eyebrows lightly, snorted and said nothing.

......

Ji Qian pondered for a long time before putting down his last son.

Shen Yulin narrowed her eyes, took the tea cup and stopped looking at him.

Ji Qian smiled and said, "Yu Lin won."

Shen Yulin pursed her lips, watching the chess game won by Yimu, her earlobes were thin red.

The rules of playing chess in the Jin Dynasty were different from those of the later generations. According to the rules of the Great Royal, the sunspots go first... have to give way.

Ji Qian's chess skills are superb, but due to some negligence in the layout at the beginning, he made every step of the way, and at the end of the game he made a wrong move, and it ended in a draw......

But Ji Qian didn't know what he was thinking, he caught a glimpse of the red clouds outside, and said with a smile: "It's getting late, how about staying in the Jiangning mansion for one night?"

This Jiangning magistrate Yang Yunyue had been imprisoned before, and now he was escorted to Beijing by waterway, Ji Qian temporarily dispatched an idle official to act as an agent of government affairs, but the mansion was vacant.

Shen Yulin nodded, there were so many people in the posthouse, it was not as quiet as the Yang Mansion.

A group of chariots and horses got off the official road, and their own entourage went to take care of it. Ji Qian watched Shen Yulin get off the car, glanced at the chess game behind him, and smiled lightly in his black eyes.

With a flick of his sleeves, he changed the position of the last chess piece, and the situation on the chessboard changed suddenly.

......

Shen Yulin got out of the car, and when he saw the mansion, he smirked, this Yang Yun was greedy enough, the mansion was so clean.

Ji Yuan also curled his lips, and said to the attendants behind him: "Can people really live in it?"

Du Ruoqing, who had been silent all this time, said, "The outside is simple, but the inside is exquisite."

He led people to copy this Yang Mansion, and among the fifth-rank officials, the Jiangning prefect was the most corrupt.

Ji Yuanyi always disliked Du Ruoqing, so he frowned and said, "Did my son ask you?"

Du Ruoqing said indifferently: "Did the next official answer the prince?"

Ji Qian got out of the car, saw this scene, and scolded: "It's a big crowd, what does it look like!"

Ji Yuan also snorted and stopped talking.

Shen Yulin quickly said: "It's not a big deal, the son will copy the gentleman's commandments ten times tomorrow."

Ji Yuan also responded, glanced at Ji Qian slightly, and evoked a provocative smile.

Ji Qian frowned, and said: "What are you doing standing at the door, let's go in first."

Du Ruoqing pursed her lips and lowered her head.

After entering the second gate, the surrounding scenery turned around, and it really looked a bit exquisite. Although all the decorations were copied, it was satisfactory after being arranged by the attendants.

In the past few days, Shen Yulin had made clear plans for the supervisory department. Knowing that Du Ruoqing would be his immediate boss in the future, it was difficult to explain to him. After dinner, Shen Yulin took Jinxiu to find Du Ruoqing's yard.

Du Ruoqing didn't have anyone close to serve him. Later, when Du's house was ransacked, he redeemed a pair of old servants who had served him. I gave him to be a servant, and Shen Yulin looked at him these days, he was very clever.

"Our young master is cold-tempered, but he treats people very well. Mr. Shen, don't be surprised." Su Yun smiled and led the way while saying.

Shen Yulin nodded and said: "In the future, I will work with Brother Du, so we will get along well."

While talking, he reached Du Ruoqing's door, Suyun knocked on the door, and said with a smile: "Master, Mr. Shen is here."

"Come in."

Shen Yulin entered the door, and when she raised her eyes, she saw Du Ruoqing standing in front of the desk, bending over to write something.

Du Ruoqing pursed her lips, put down her pen, looked at Shen Yulin and said, "Why are you looking for me?"

He only had acquaintance with this Young Master Shen for a few times, so he really didn't know why this man came to look for him at night, if the prince knew about it, it would be another matter of right and wrong.

Shen Yulin smiled and said, "Brother Du..."

Du Ruoqing said indifferently: "Speak directly if you have something to say."

Shen Yulin paused, sighed, and said helplessly: "Yulin came here to discuss the matter of supervision with Brother Du."

Du Ruoqing raised her eyebrows slightly, and said: "Since the Holy Majesty has issued a decree, everything should be done in accordance with the decree, what can I discuss with you?"

Shen Yulin smiled and said, "Since that's the case, what... is Brother Du writing now?"

Du Ruoqing frowned, and said: "What do you care about these things? Although this matter is your idea, how can it be cleared up in a short time with all the details? Don't make trouble, I will teach you slowly in the future you."

Shen Yulin sighed softly, and waved Jinxiu to retreat, Suyun caught a glimpse of her young master's dark complexion, so she didn't want to wait too long, saluted, and followed Jinxiu out.

"Brother Du's words are wrong. I'm afraid no one is more familiar with this matter than Yu Lin." Shen Yulin raised her phoenix eyes and said half-jokingly.

Du Ruoqing only thought of him as a young man and said impatiently: "I have business..."

As he was speaking, he saw Shen Yulin take out a roll of rice paper from his sleeve and hand it over, saying: "So it was Yulin's fault, I didn't make it clear to Brother Du, the prince has presented this method to the imperial court the day before yesterday, but it is not good to disagree with Du Brother, make it clear."

Du Ruoqing had no choice but to accept it, and said: "Although you are smart, you are inexperienced, that's all, the prince has seen it..."

He spread out the rice paper, and Fang read a few words, but the hand holding the long white porcelain paperweight stopped there.

"One visit in April, three rounds of interrogation, two confrontations, one-year re-examination..."

Shen Yulin said: "Although there are as many officials below the third rank as Guo Jiang Zhiqing, they should not be taken lightly. The purpose of the supervisory examination is to deter. After all, the lower ranks, that is, the higher ranks, are a minority..."

Du Ruoqing's expression became more and more serious, and said: "In this way, can the lower officials be deterred?"

Shen Yulin nodded, and said again: "There are advantages and disadvantages to the matter of supervision. While deterring officials, it will also cause people's hearts to fluctuate, so we must be cautious."

Du Ruoqing frowned slightly, looked at Shen Yulin's clear phoenix eyes, and said: "In the last edict, the method of coordinating the local area was also your idea?"

Shen Yulin smiled and said, "Anonymous supervisory system?"

Du Ruoqing had already guessed it, he sighed lowly, and said: "Yu Lin Tianzong's capital is Ruoqing's short-sightedness."

Shen Yulin said with a smile: "It's just some crooked ways, and it won't make it into the elegant hall. Yulin needs Brother Du's support in the future."

He knew that Du Ruoqing was an extremely arrogant person, and if he hadn't had real talents, he would have looked down on him, and when he returned to Beijing, he became his subordinate again, no matter how much he behaved, it would be deliberate, and it was the right time to get to know him now.