I hope the computer can be repaired tomorrow, alas, still waiting for accessories, domestic electronics are broken, is there only the fate of abandonment, there is no possibility of repair? ――

Leading Ye Nuonuo into the building, Ruan Luo first asked Zi Su to send someone to fetch the thick clothes, at least to change Ye Nuonuo's overly spacious and leaky men's clothes. Ye Nuonuo, who put on the fox fur, was taken aside by Mo Ye, and Ruan Luo returned to the judging seat, only to see that the incense pillar used for the time had burned to the last bit of spark.

I'm sorry. Sitting back on the chair, Ruan Luo noticed the expression on Yan Yu's face, and couldn't help but look ashamed.

Yan Yu obviously didn't mind this little bit, and even because of this unexpected news, he was quite happy, and immediately said with a smile: Brother Ruan, it turns out that you and that girl are ......

Yan Yu's words were not finished yet, and Ruan Luo was also worried about how to respond to this, when a few sighs suddenly came from the audience, which immediately drew the attention of the two people away.

At this time, Shi Yi was already in a state of semi-abstention, and only Yi Wen was still fighting at the last moment. But when Ruan Luo and Yan Yu looked at him together, they saw that he was not unusual, but Shi Yi, who was only watching from the sidelines, left his seat and squatted in front of the stick of incense used to keep time, puffing out the cheeks on both sides of his face, as if he was facing that stick of incense...... Blow?

This is...... Yan Yu was surprised.

Ruan Luo didn't understand what Shi Yi wanted to do, he glanced sideways at Yan Yu, but he looked puzzled and didn't say anything.

How long can a person's breath continue to be exhaled?

If you want to take a long time, reduce the speed of the call as much as possible. It could last about thirty seconds, but Shi Yi's breath couldn't be consumed so slowly, because he blew the wind on the incense pillar that was only half burned, in order to keep it indestructible.

It's a technical job. It's not okay to blow too slowly, and it's not okay to blow too fast.

Fortunately, the last account page that Yi Wen turned up with his left hand was finally finished.

After Yi Wen took his hand, he first relaxed his shoulders and breathed a long sigh of relief. Immediately after that, he raised his eyes to look at the incense stick, and happened to see the last bit of spark on the half of the bamboo strip extinguished, and Shi Yi, who was squatting on the side, slowly stood up, but he took a deep breath, and his chest was heaving.

Jacky Shi, what are you...... Yi Wen hesitated, and for a while he was quite puzzled by Shi Yi's behavior. And when he thought about it carefully, several contradictory ideas suddenly appeared in his mind.

What was he trying to do with the incense? Make it go out faster? No, if he did this, the people of the Yan family would definitely not sit idly by. But if he's not going to do it, what does he want to do?

Thinking of this, Yi Wen looked at the few Yan family attendants who were sitting under the stage and watching, and after concentrating slightly, he could see that there was still a little surprise on their faces.

He withdrew his gaze and looked back at Xiao Shi, who was still on the stage. Asked: What happened? While asking this sentence, Yi Wen also nodded at Shi Yi with his eyes.

Xiao Shi still remembered what his young master had trained just now, and he didn't dare to slack off Yi Wen's inquiry, so he hurriedly replied: Back to Yi Gongzi, Shi Gongzi was blowing just now...... Halfway through the small formula, he somehow hesitated again.

The conversation between Yi Wen and Xiao Shi, Shi Yi, who was standing a few steps away, also heard it, he gasped, and without waiting for Xiao Shi to speak again, he took the initiative to explain: This incense seems to be damp. It almost went out just now, I couldn't look past it, so I ...... Hehe......

Yi Wen understood the meaning of Shi Yi's words, and immediately understood why the Yan family's entourage all showed that kind of expression just now.

Shi Yi as his opponent. Will actually help him in turn!

Yi Wen felt a little grateful in his heart, stood up from his seat, and waved his hand at Shi Yi: Thank you Jacky Shi for your help.

Shi Yi lowered his eyes and glanced at the latest number jù on Yi Wen's abacus, and had a rough score in his heart. The number jù calculated by Yi Wen for the second pass is really slightly different from the number obtained for the first pass.

Sighing silently, Shi Yi raised his eyes and looked at Yi Wen, very casually, I just don't want any instrumental reasons to affect the outcome of the event, because after all, this is a competition of human ability, and failure caused by non-human reasons is unfair to the contestants themselves.

He smiled, and then added, "However, if I suffer a defeat because of your successful recalculation, don't thank me so quickly, because according to the pre-match agreement, if I am out, your opponent will be replaced by Nguyen Luo. He's not easy to deal with, and you're probably going to be badly defeated and hit hard by him.

Yi Wen smiled and said: If you have the opportunity to play a game with the 'Golden Abacus', it is really an honor for Yi, and Yi will only remember the kindness of Jacky Shi.

As soon as Yi Wen's words fell, before Shi Yi could answer, a different voice suddenly interspersed in the middle of the conversation between the two.

Is that really the case? Do you really think Jacky Shi helped you?

When Yi Wen and Shi Yi heard this, they couldn't help but be stunned at the same time, and then the two of them looked together towards the place where the sound came from, and saw that in the judging position, Ruan Luo was still sitting quietly and steadily, and Yan Yu was slowly getting up.

Small. Yan Yu pointed at the Yan family's entourage standing on the stage, you say, did Jacky Shi's behavior just now violate the rules?

Yan Yu still said such things at this time, which seemed to be detrimental to both parties. As far as the Yan family is concerned, whether Shi Yi violated the law is still secondary, but if it is determined that Shi Yi is violating the law, Yi Wen's hard work is likely to be invalidated.

However, for Yan Yu, who was one of the two judges at this time, he was right to do so.

Yi Wen quickly thought of this, in addition, he also realized another problem, the young master of the Yan family had made up his mind to play a game with Ruan Luo, so if he lost in the first game, it would not be completely meaningless, but Xie Lianyi ......

Yi Wen's mood went to a low point slightly, and at this time he really wanted to look up, and the second floor may also be full of concern for Xie Lianyi, who came over.

But before Yi Wen could do this, Shi Yi, who was standing between him and Yan Yu, suddenly spoke, and made a direct rebuttal to what Yan Yu just said: Forgive Xiaoyi for being presumptuous, I think what Yan Shao said is wrong. Why do you think that what I did just now was illegal?

Does Jacky Shi really don't know, or should Yan call Jacky Shi 'wise and foolish'? Yan Yu picked the corners of his lips, and motioned with a look to the Yan family, who was still hesitating to interject, to stand aside. Then he continued to speak: The incense stick just now has obviously burned out, and Shi Xueyou blew it...... It is nothing more than a prolongation of its burning time, which is not in accordance with the regulations.

How so? Shi Yi didn't know the problem of zài in Yan Yu's words, he ran to the incense to blow the bamboo strips with some sparks left, and he really wanted to help Yi Wen extend the time of the event.

He didn't know what had happened to him. It may be that he doesn't want Yi Wen to go all out but only lose it because of the time difference of a few seconds, or it may be that he has faintly realized the meaning behind this event. If his consideration was really a matter of actual existence, then Yi Wen had too few things to choose from compared to him, and he didn't want Yi Wen's only choice to be missed because of a few seconds of mistakes.

In any case, he had already done the matter just now, and now in the face of Yan Yu's doubts, he had to find a way to fight again. And now before he can think of a countermeasure, he can only make a false statement and delay the time.

Heard Shi Yi's question. Yan Yu felt a little incomprehensible, why did Shi Yi, as an opponent, help Yi Wen so much? What is he asking for?

Before ignoring Shi Yi's intentions, Yan Yu decided to act according to his own principles first, and he raised his hand to point to the incense pillar that had been completely extinguished in the rice bowl, and only the last half of the bamboo stick remained. Calmly said: If it is burned out normally, there should not be a curly small section of bamboo charcoal.

Well, I'll admit I wanted the incense to burn a little longer. Although Shi Yi said the words of acknowledgement, he shook his head slightly at the same time, but how could Yan Shao be sure that the timing with incense was accurate? When a bundle of incense is manufactured, there will always be a little shorter, or a little longer.

This...... Yan Yu was slightly stunned, no one had ever cared about this kind of subsection.

yes, yes. Shi Yi nodded hurriedly, seemingly agreeing with Yan Yu's words. In fact, he is laying the stage for what he wants to say below, such a small section, Yan Shao doesn't have to care, how can he care about the slightly extended time? Perhaps that time is not enough to equate to the small burning length of the incense stick that is shorter than the standard length in the process of making zuò. How long can a person's breath last?

Yan Yu showed a hesitant expression, and no longer continued to talk to Shi Yi, but looked sideways at Ruan Luo, who was sitting.

Let's be honest...... I don't know how to evaluate this matter, because I just left for a while, so I'm really sorry. Ruan Luo's face was slightly apologetic, but he quickly remembered another thing, and suddenly said: Xiao Yi, are you too lazy? Help your opponent win yourself, do you want to get out of the game quickly?

Don't say that, Brother Ruan, I'm helping you fill in the gaps. Regarding Ruan Luo's words, Shi Yi quickly expressed his disagreement, waved his hand and said: You also know that you had something just now, is this considered a violation? Well? Do you know that as soon as the door was opened, the wind rushed inside, and the incense burned to the end in an instant? This is very unfair to Jacky Yi, if the wind is a little stronger just now, the abacus should be messed up.

That's it...... When Ruan Luo heard this, his face was surprised for a moment.

When Ruan Luo's thinking and judgment were still in hesitation, Shi Yi hurriedly asked the Yan family from Xiaoshi: "This brother, do you never think that the wind can make the incense stick burn longer, and it can also make it burn faster?"

Xiao Shi thought for a while and nodded: If the wind is too strong, it will indeed be so.

Shi Yi saw that the time had come, and was about to snap his fingers, but saw Yan Yu, who had been silent for a moment, suddenly said: Okay, I won't talk about this matter anymore, but the question of victory or defeat still depends on the real result.

When Shi Yi heard this, he didn't say anything more. Originally, when he saw that the result of Yi Wen's second calculation was slightly different from the number of the first time, he decided that of course he had miscalculated.

But when Na Sui took the original book of the account book for Yan Yu from Xiaoshi, the final total number of the pairs, he couldn't help but show a look of surprise on his face.

Ruan Luo's initial judgment was not wrong, Shi Yi and Yi Wen's calculation of the number jù for the first time was wrong, so they were wrong together, but what makes people feel extremely strange is that the number jù that Yi Wen calculated for the second time is still wrong!

With this result, Ruan Luo and Yi Wen are left with only you to look at me, and I look at your ideas.

Yan Yu didn't care about these two people. The answer to tell them had already been said, so he took the yellowed old account book and returned to the judge, pushed the account book to the corner of the table on Ruan Luo's side, and said, "Look at it."

Ruan Luo didn't immediately touch the book. just hesitated: This is the original account book, although it is patchwork, but it will always involve the business rules of the Yan family, and the little brother, an outsider, is not suitable for the purpose.

You are too careful, I told Jacky Shi just now. These are a patchwork of expired account pages, and even if you look at the original, they have no meaning other than numbers. Yan Yu couldn't help but sigh when she said this, and then continued: If you must mind this, then you should at least glance at the last page, the answer is there. You are one of the judges and must see.

When Ruan Luo heard this, he didn't refuse again, and reached out to directly turn the account book pushed by Yan Yu to the last page, and quickly glanced at it. Then he raised his eyes to look at the two people who were still looking at each other, and said in a calm and steady tone: The real answer is 18761. Shi Yi and Yi Wen both counted it as 18762 for the first time, which was wrong. Shi Yi gave up the calculation for the second time, and Yi Wen successfully recalculated and got the number of 18763, which was wrong......

When it comes to the second typo. Ruan Luo couldn't help but hesitate, then turned his head to look at Yan Yu, as if he had inadvertently asked: The two of them calculated twice that the results were only the smallest single digit from the correct answer, which was really strange.

Hehe, this is originally a small account of some sesame mung beans, and it is not surprising that it is wrong to be on this, and the first round test is originally careful. Yan Yu smiled, and after a slight pause, he said: However, this is the account book provided by my Yan family. Before that, Brother Ruan had not calculated, so it was better to ......

Ruan Luo knew what Yan Yu wanted to say, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said: No, no, how could Brother Ruan not believe Brother Yan. It's just that...... Ruan Luo raised his hand and rubbed the corner of his forehead, quickly put it down again, and said softly at the same time: Let the little brother be lazy.

Yan Yu observed Ruan Luo's subtle demeanor, the expression on his face was affected for a moment, and he couldn't help but ask softly: Hasn't Brother Ruan's headache eased yet?

Ruan Luo shook his head slightly: When he thought of what was in front of him, he felt quite a headache.

I don't know if Ruan Luo has a pun, but Yan Yu suddenly felt that he understood the second meaning, smiled slightly, and said softly: Okay, brother, wait for your third game, don't miss the appointment.

Ruan Luo was slightly stunned, and said secretly in his heart: Didn't you make an appointment to obey the will of heaven before the game?

However, before he could reveal this meaning, Yan Yu had already stood up and announced the result to Yi Wen and Shi Yi: Although both of you are wrong, in the competition just now, you both showed unusual skills, as the original intention of encouragement, to judge your tie.

Everyone present only thought that Yan Yu and Ruan Luo were talking in a low voice just now, and they were discussing the results of the game, and when they heard Yan Yu announce the tie at this moment, most of them had no opinion, and no one asked Yu Ruan Luo.

Tie, that is, the second game, the two continued to play.

Faced with this result, Yi Wen had no objections in his heart, but he had a lot of awareness of himself.

He felt that in terms of personal ability, making a peace with Shi Yi was really his own failure. But if he wants to blame, he can only blame himself, and he underestimated the enemy. If he goes all out at the beginning of the game, how easy it is to win against Shi Yi. Extending the duration of the event will only add to the variables.

In addition, one of the reasons why he underestimated him in the first game was also because he didn't know enough about Shi Yi. Judging this person only from the perspective of the academy competition is obviously to exaggerate his fingering skills and underestimate his mental treachery.

And to solve this problem, the only way is to do it quickly.

It is true that after receiving the results of the event announced by Yan Yu, Yi Wen has already begun to plan the preparation strategy for the second game in his heart.

Shi Yi didn't think as much as Yi Wen did, for a very simple reason. Even if he loses in the second game, his loss is far less heavy than the consequences of Yi Wen's defeat. It can even be said that he has no loss whether he wins or loses, and perhaps he has more to gain if he loses than he wins.

Just as Ruan Luo first discussed with Mo Ye in the private room on the second floor, whether he won or lost this game, the trade-off between profit and loss was Xie Lianyi's decision. Although Shi Yi didn't have the opportunity to discuss this matter with Ruan Luo directly, his thoughts at this time had gradually moved closer to Ruan Luo's side.

It's just that the event has progressed to this point, and Xie Lianyi's decision on whether she can control the situation or not, her right to speak seems to have been gradually raised.

Obviously, Yan Yu has the identity of the young master of the Yan family. Setting up a stage for Yi Wen to show his ability to express his personal expression under his fingers has become no longer just a symbol of welcoming relatives. Yan Yu pulled Ruan Luo into the game, and made an exception to give Yi Wen a chance to replace the defeat, and the event was variable. It's no longer as simple as winning or losing.

Yan Yu made the situation so big, after all, he drew a circle to let Yi Wen and Ruan Luo play against him, which was testing people.

Just looking at Ruan Luo's statement just now, it seems that he doesn't want to enter the game too quickly, why is this? What was he worried about?

Shi Yi was puzzled by the results announced by Yan Yu. He also didn't say a word, but with the image and feeling he brought to everyone present today, his attitude at this time was obviously quite different.

Yan Yu instructed his entourage to prepare for the second scene, and then turned his gaze and saw that Shi Yi was still silent, so he smiled and asked: Does Jacky Shi have anything else?

Shi Yi came back to his senses at this time, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: How can it, Xiao Yi is young and shallow, and what he thinks about must not be as thoughtful as Yan Shao's family.

did not have time for Yan Yu to respond. Ruan Luo on the side suddenly said: Xiao Yi, it's time to start the second game, you need to take it seriously. The little trick used in the first game, don't act rashly, respect the opponent is also respect yourself.

Shi Yi originally wanted to say: Don't worry about how I won against Yi Wen. But as soon as these words came to his lips, he hesitated again.

looked at Ruan Luo's serious expression. Thinking back to what he had just done, he suddenly felt a little ashamed. According to his temper in his previous life, he has always been a soldier who will block, water will come to the earth, and there will be no return, why is he timid today?

After only hesitating for a moment, Shi Yi immediately waved his hand seriously at Ruan Luo: Xiao Yi remembered.

Shi Yi considered that Yi Wen was in the second game, and he was definitely going to come to the real thing. In the first game, he tried all his tricks, but he only drew with him, and if he competed honestly, the chances of winning would be slim. However, his mentality has changed at this time, and victory or defeat has become secondary. The focus shifted to the event itself.

It seems that in the second game, Xiao Yi has no chance to win by cheating. When Shi Yi turned his eyes to look at Yi Wen, a calm smile appeared on his face, Xiao Yi would go all out in the second game, but at the same time he was ready to lose. But. Please rest assured that although Xiao Yi said defeat in advance, this is only objectively saying the ending, not the will to withdraw from the game, you have to be careful.

A puzzled look appeared on Yi Wen's face: Does Jacky Shi really want to prepare like this?

This is on your head, I dare to mess with it. The smile on Shi Yi's face softened, but I don't know if Jacky Yi has ever heard of the term 'friendly match', no matter whether he wins or loses, just about the process, Xiao Yi thinks so.

Yi Wen showed a hint of enlightenment: meet friends with poetry and chess, and shape love with piano and chess, but on this abacus...... It's the first time, just because of this kind of skill, there is nothing beautiful to speak of, and it is always accurate.

This is true, but the four kinds of qin, chess, calligraphy and painting are also developed from the original study of tools, and the study of tools is mastered and used by people before deriving its aesthetics, all of which are from scratch. Shi Yi smiled slightly, hoping that when the abacus is widely used in the future, there will also be this beautiful change.

This...... Yi Wen hesitated, the four arts of qin, chess, calligraphy and painting are ever-changing, only one word, the foundation is more than thousands, but the number of numbers, the foundation is only ten, the foundation is so narrow, how can it be compared to the other four arts.

Thinking of what Yi Wen said, Shi Yi hesitated for a moment, and then when he spoke, he said something else, he looked at Yan Yu and asked: Yan Shao is in charge, can you take a break between the second game and the first game?

After Shi Yi mentioned it, Yan Yu also realized that this problem was indeed necessary, so he quickly nodded in response, and the Yan family entourage on the stage who was arranging the second game immediately retreated.

Because the previous conversation with Shi Yi was only halfway through, Yi Wen was still waiting for what he hadn't said next, but before he could ask, Shi Yi had already taken the initiative to continue to speak about what had just happened: Xiao Yi has always felt that everything is beautiful.

When he said this, he didn't mean anything contrived. Thinking that he was training in the field in his previous life, and there was nothing around him, he had a gun that was cold and hard all over, and there was no other game to play except to disassemble it, wipe it carefully, and put it back together. But even so, he could still have a lot of fun and use that gun as a beauty.

After a slight pause, Shi Yi continued: Mathematics is indeed a boring science, but there are always some people who are obsessed with and love it in this world. This is not only motivated by hobbies, but also because some people discover its beauty and continue to expand this beauty in their own way in the process of continuous inquiry.

Shi Yi was saying this. Deep down, the shadow of the gun that he had disassembled and reassembled countless times had faded, and his thoughts began to go elsewhere.

The doubts on Yi Wen's face became even heavier.

In this off-season, Xiao Yi wanted to ask Jacky Yi to see something. Shi Yi made up his mind in his heart and spoke again, it was still a small trick, but it was the slightest ordinary thing. Express a different sense of beauty.

Yi Wen smiled hesitantly: Then there is Fellow Scholar Laoshi.

……

Ruan Luo had just stepped into the half-open courtyard in front of the 'Flag Return Building', and he had already seen two people standing on the doorstep. When he saw the middle-aged man in fancy clothes next to his friend Wang Zhe clearly in the next moment, and vaguely recognized his identity, Ruan Luo's heart beat wildly uncontrollably, and his steps were also stagnant.

However, he only stagnated slightly, and then returned to normal, because he felt that the middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes was standing here as an elder waiting for him today, so he could also greet him with the etiquette of a junior.

Looking at this elder, who had not been seen for many years. He is now a noble person, and there is naturally a kind of temperament between his eyebrows that is not angry and self-righteous, and he sweeps the world. However, when he looked at himself, there was a warm temperature in his eyes, and there was a hint of anticipation. Such a look made Ruan Luo easily remind him of some of his past.

My father was still alive at that time. He often spent a day talking with this uncle in the tent, saying many words that he found obscure, but he was still accustomed to hiding outside the tent and eavesdropping. At that time, he was only a child of less than five years old, and he was crouched in the corner behind the wide army tent, which allowed him to hide it several times.

Someday, however, he was discovered. His father's roar of anger exploded above his head in an instant, and the uncle, who was also in the tent discussing something with his father, was in a very different mood, laughing and throwing him over his shoulder, and running to the training ground for a while to 'ride a pony'

The uncle takes the initiative to play the pony, and he is the little knight who is turned upside down at the end. Somehow, the faces of many of the uncles and brothers who were guarding around darkened......

For a long time after that day, Ruan Luo's heart trembled whenever he heard the sound of a fine iron ring colliding. For this uncle seldom left a string of iron rings on the hilt of a wide knife hanging from his waist, as long as he moved. That's what makes the sound. What Ruan Luo was really afraid of was that when this uncle approached him, he would never play the 'pony riding' game that was about to turn everything in people's stomachs upside down.

It wasn't until a few years later that Ruan Luo understood how crazy this uncle's actions were, and vaguely knew that his father and he seemed to have agreed on something that day, which made him so excited that he temporarily lost the majesty of his general at that time. But no matter what, every time he thinks of this paragraph, Ruan Luo will unconsciously bend the corners of his mouth.

Soon he had a plan in his heart, Ruan Luo showed a faint smile in his eyes, and continued to move forward slowly.

Ruan Luo's father, Ruan Chenggang, had a lifelong friendship with Wang Chi, and Ruan Chenggang had already served Wang Chi in Wang Chi's military tent long before Wang Chi officially ordered troops to return to Kyoto. Regarding the important matter of the Wang family's uprising in Kyoto, the two most critical strategists were Ruan Chenggang and Lin Shan.

Ruan Chenggang and Lin Shan have their own talents, and they often gather in a military tent to conspire with Wang Chi, but there is no conflict, because Ruan Chenggang's wisdom and strategy are mainly reflected in military strategy, which is skill; And Lin Shan is mainly good at military industry, which is a tool. Without a certain foundation of specialization, no one can imitate the wonders of the military industry created by Lin Shan, and Lin Shan often sighs and admires the wonder of Ruan Chenggang's strategy, which is strange and changeable.

Recalling the events of that year, Ruan Chenggang's opinion was to mobilize troops and completely kill the Beiyan Imperial Court to relieve the never-ending war in the north, but this planned battle, whether it was the name of the division or the supply of military funds, needed the full support of the Zhou Imperial Court at that time. However, at that time, Wang Chi did not believe that Emperor Zhou would agree to this, and even if he did, the supply of grain, grass and military supplies might have a rupture zone in the middle, which could cause ruin damage to the legion.

Therefore, although Ruan Chenggang made a thorough battle report at that time and won Wang Chi's appreciation, Wang Chi did not agree to this plan to send troops, and because he was afraid that Ruan Chenggang's main battle would be too sharp, he temporarily hid him in a small camp.

Because the war has been suspended. Ruan Chenggang, who became a writer, had nothing to do, and every day he wrote some letters on behalf of others, copying the trivial things of how many catties of vegetables and how many sheep were slaughtered in the army's house every day. But Ruan Chenggang was not depressed because his ideals were blocked and his status was degraded, nor was he annoyed with Wang Chi because of this. Because he knew that if it weren't for the difficulties that Wang Chi cared about, it was indeed too difficult, and Wang Chi would definitely be willing to fight.

Everyone is waiting for an opportunity now, but the days of being willing to wait are quite boring.

It wasn't until a few years later that Wang Chi took Lin Shan to the military tent in Northern Xinjiang, and the two strategists hit it off at first sight, and the tepid situation took a turn for the better.

Lin Shan admired Ruan Chenggang's military genius very much. But the supply that Wang Chi was worried about was also a harsh factual problem, and in this regard, Lin Shan made a very bold assumption: if Da Zhou was the person surnamed Wang, then there would be no worries about the Northern Expedition of the Wang family's army.

But if he really decided to do this, it would definitely not be a happy choice for Wang Jiatu. The hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, and a dynasty that has lasted for hundreds of years is going to change hands, and it needs to be extremely careful in the early stage to pave the way. And if it succeeds in the end, the later ruling will also have a long way to go.

In any case, Lin Shan's idea opened a corner of the skylight on the head of the Wang family, who was angry in front, suffocated in the back, and confined to the north, so that Ruan Chenggang saw the opportunity to realize his ideals. It's just that. The early stage of this opportunity requires a relatively long detour and selective waiting.

To wait for the Wang family to become emperor, to wait for the Wang family to at least fill the treasury of the Zhou court, which was about to be destroyed, and the younger generation of soldiers also need time to train......

However, things are impermanent......

When there was still about a year before the army assembled by the Wang family really forced into Kyoto and pierced the imperial palace, the 19th Corps of the regiment to which Ruan Chenggang was located at that time marched to Phu Shui County for a temporary stay. The county is home to a large number of refugees. This group of refugees came from many different counties, and most of the reasons they left their homes were to escape the war, but they stopped here due to the sudden outbreak of the plague. The corpses of sick and dead refugees can be seen everywhere on the streets of the dilapidated and desolate inner city of Fushui County, which caused some soldiers in the 19th Army Group to be infected, and finally the epidemic spread to the military division's camp tents.

Ruan Chenggang's ambition was not successful, and he died of illness on the way. Wang Chi couldn't forget the sudden return of his confidant and comrade-in-arms when he was dying, just because he had too strong unwillingness in his heart, which made his eyes bloodshot and turned red at that moment.

Until now. Eleven years have passed, and Ruan Chenggang's Northern Expedition book is still resting in a hidden mezzanine in the imperial study. Although Wang Chi has been the emperor for almost ten years, he is still hesitant about his deceased old friend's last wish to conquer the north. What Wang Chi can do for his old friend now is limited to taking care of the only bloodline he left in the world.

If there are no accidents. Wang Chi wanted Ruan Luo to inherit his father's will, and when the Northern Expedition was launched in the future, let him go to the Shuai tent as a supplement. However, it is a pity that the 19th Soldier Group contracted the plague in Phu Shui County that year, which not only harmed Ruan Chenggang, but even Ruan Luo, who was less than four years old at the time, had just learned to sit firmly on the pavilion cart and shuttled between the soldiers phalanx with his father to order troops.

After such a great misfortune happened, it was comforting that when Ruan Chenggang had an epidemic in the early days, Ruan Luo was immediately sent to another county by a group of soldiers for close observation and treatment, and Ruan Luo escaped. But despite this, probably because he was still too young, his body was soaked in a variety of medicines, although Ruan Luo's mind was not damaged by the epidemic, and his body did not appear disabled, but his body was very poor.

Fortunately, now that he has grown so tall, even if he still can't accept his father's ambition and go to Northern Xinjiang, then he will live as an ordinary person, and there should be no more problems in the future, right?

Looking at Ruan Luo, who was not in a hurry and walked slowly, Wang Chi couldn't help but think of his father, remembered that period of life in the army, his eyes were complicated for a moment, and finally when his gaze fell on Ruan Luo's face, his eyes gradually warmed up again.

Before Ruan Luo walked up to Wang Chi, he stood at the foot of the steps, and he wanted to bow down with the hem of his clothes. Seeing this, Wang Chi immediately stretched out a hand, helped him in the air, and said: Nephew Ruan Xian, before this flag is returned to the building, you treat me like in an ordinary person's house, and it is enough to call me Shibo.

Thanks to Shibo's refusal to give up, for more than ten years after the death of his father, he has not taken care of his foolish nephew, and his foolish nephew has not been able to repay him at all when he grows up. After more than ten years of separation, today I can finally see Shibo again, and my foolish nephew will kowtow to you. If my father were still alive, he would have taught him in this way.

After saying this, Ruan Luo no longer hesitated to fall to the ground on his knees, knelt down in front of Wang Chi, put the thick stack of account books in his hands on the ground beside him, and then knelt on the ground with both palms and kowtowed seriously.