Chapter 127: Knocking on the chess pieces and falling the lanterns
"Alas, it's wrong, it's wrong, it's going to be done again." Meng Zhijin, who was dressed in a jade-colored dark shirt and covered his head with a soft hood, said sweating profusely, in front of him was a rounded stone table, on which was a golden wood chessboard, and opposite was Wang Lixin, who was also wearing Yanju clothes.
"Hahaha, don't regret it, you don't despise your behavior." The old man smiled very happily, and waved his fat hand away with a "snap", and he was not at all as agile as he was at ancient age. It's just that there is a strange flush on his face, which makes Wang Lin, who was standing on the side, secretly worried.
This is the backyard of the Yamen of the Commandery, the big trees that support the sky block the sun, and the river breeze blows with a burst of coolness, which was originally a very comfortable leisure place. But Meng Zhijin is wide and fat, and the other is absent-minded, but he looks like he is in a steamer, sweating constantly.
Wang Lixin smiled and signaled to his son, then reached out and took out a jade chess piece from the box, and quickly landed in the position that had been aimed at a long time ago, and as soon as this son fell, Meng Zhijin's "big dragon" with forty or fifty sons had no way to live, staring at the plate for a long time, Meng Zhijin still had to reluctantly admit defeat.
This confrontation started in the middle of yesterday night, and Meng Zhijin's chess strength is actually above Wang Lixin, and he is usually quite good. But yesterday, at the beginning, I was able to concentrate on chess, and I won a few games. When the sound of the cannon outside the city gradually subsided and the movement became smaller, he was a little distracted, and Luozi began to get up at will, counting the one just now, he had unconsciously lost five games in a row.
Looking at the smug expression of the old man opposite, Meng Zhijin reached out and took the sweat towel handed by Wang Lin, and thought about how to open his mouth to inquire while wiping it. Forced himself to calm down for several hours, but his heart was like being scratched, and he couldn't bear it, but he also knew that the two had been together all along, and he couldn't hide any military intelligence reports from him, no is no.
"Don't be anxious, it's almost time, do you dare to have another plate? The old man is in red luck today, and he is about to kill. Wang Lixin glanced at him, as if he knew what he was thinking, and teased with a smile. Hearing this, Meng Zhijin was even more confused, what does it mean to be fast?
The two picked up the chess pieces and restarted the game, put four seats in the star position, Meng Zhijin raised his hand and made a "please" gesture, still letting Wang Lixin go first. The old man was not polite, picked up the sunspot in the box, and hung a hand on the corner, and the sound of jade and quince was crisp and audible.
You have been going back and forth more than 100 times, and I don't know if it's really in a particularly good state, Wang Lixin's clever tricks have come out one after another, and so far the situation between the two has turned out to be evenly matched. Meng Zhijin eliminated distracting thoughts and was thinking hard about countermeasures, when suddenly a personal soldier came in from outside the door, Wang Lin saw it, and hurriedly pulled him aside.
"Liu Jiyi sent this." The soldier handed over a bag, put it to Wang Lin's ear, and said softly. Meng Zhijin's eyes followed their movements, his ears were already erected, and although the voice was small, the words "Liu Jiyi" could still be heard clearly.
"What about people?" Wang Lin took it, opened it and took a look, a little puzzled.
"I wanted to come in, but when I saw that the recruitment was on the rise, I said that I was going back to the house to deal with affairs, and I left first with Sister Zhi'er." Wang Lin nodded and sent his own soldiers out, took the bag and walked to the table, Wang Lixin first looked at his son's expression, and then glanced at the things in the bag, thought for a moment, his eyes flashed, and then disappeared.
Meng Zhijin looked at the bag in Wang Lin's hand, he really couldn't figure out what it would be, and after a distraction, the chess pieces in his hand fell on the chessboard. Wang Lixin looked at the past, but he was walking on the sideline, which was a meaningless step at all, and he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
"Fu Youyun: 'The three-foot situation is a battle field, Chen Jushi is a soldier, and the two enemies are equal'. Walking chess cloth is like marching and fighting, the game does not stop fighting, everything must not be disturbed, Zhijin, your cultivation still needs to be tempered. Wang Lixin was talking to Meng Zhijin on the surface, but his eyes were glancing at his son.
"It's true, the younger generation has been taught, but their minds are really messed up, and they can't afford to play the game, how is the war outside the city, please let me know." Meng Zhijin stood up and arched his hand and said.
Seeing this, Wang Lixin put down the chess pieces and snorted at his son, Wang Lin understood and handed over the bag. Meng Zhijin opened it and looked at it, was stunned for a while, reached out and took it out, raised it in disbelief, pointed to the thing and said, "Clogs? ”
"Exactly, Liu Ziqing's kid!" Wang Lixin smiled and said, seeing that the two of them were still ignorant, after thinking about it, he also stood up, made a very chic movement with the clear beard under his chin, and said lightly.
"The children have been broken thieves." Listening to his words, the two glanced at each other, and Meng Zhijin's expression slowly changed from doubt to awakening, and then to great joy.
"Big win?" He was incredulous and slurred.
"How? Rest assured? Wang Lixin nodded, Meng Zhijin got a positive answer, he couldn't help but smile, he was worried that he had been so long, and now he was willing to come to the bitterness, so he hurriedly said goodbye and went out of the house to find someone to share, just stumbling and running, where is there still half a point of reserve.
In fact, Wang Lixin himself was also very happy, but it was not as obvious as the appearance, after knowing the result, his heart was relaxed, and a feeling of tiredness suddenly came up. dragged the disabled body, and stayed up for so long, standing in place was already a little dizzy.
"Big brother, come and help me." Hearing his father's faint words, Wang Lin, who was happy, was taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward to support his hand. That feeling of powerlessness immediately came, Wang Lin felt that if he let go, his father would probably collapse to the ground, what was wrong? Wasn't it okay just now?
"Help me into the room and lie down, and later, you go and ask the old man to come, go quietly, and don't let others know." Wang Lin listened to his father's gentle instructions in his ear, usually he only went to invite the doctor at his own insistence, but today it was his father who opened his mouth, he only responded, his heart was like numbness, and a trace of coolness rose.
Liu Yu, who took Xiao Lori and his party back to the city, did go to the door of the production department, and when he heard the cheerful laughter inside, he felt that it was better not to disturb others. So he sent someone to buy a pair of clogs and sent them in, and he believed that with the knowledge of several of them, it was easy to guess what it meant.
Unlike these ancients, Liu Yu was hungry and tired at the moment, and he was embarrassed to say it clearly, so he could only find such a reason to run back. Staying up late, he hasn't done it since his sophomore year of college, and it's been very good until now.
Just watched the soldiers around him take stimulants one by one as if they were elated, even the underage girl, "Get out of here, I'm going to eat and sleep." I can't be embarrassed to say this.
The battle is over, the matter is not over, the eating, drinking and Lazar of the tens of thousands of people outside the city will be solved now, and there is a battlefield full of corpses, the corpses of their own people must be cleaned up and collected quickly, this is summer, as long as it is a few more days, it will become a real hell.
Back in his own house, Liu Yu commanded one by one with his fingers, he didn't care about specific things, naturally Hu Sanxing and others would deal with it as appropriate, and send away these personal soldiers around him one by one, and even Xiao Lori was sent out, so he asked people to boil water and cook, and enjoyed the rotten life of feudal bureaucrats.
The arrangement of the troops, the cleaning of prisoners, and the cleaning of the battlefield were all very complicated, and Li Tingzhi was so busy that he was not free until after nightfall, so he took off his military uniform and took two personal soldiers, and rode into the city from the south gate, and inquired along the street and went to the commander.
What he saw along the way surprised him a little, after being surrounded for so long, the situation in the city was as usual, and at this hour, the streets were still full of people, and there was not even a curfew! Looking at the faces of the people, there was neither panic nor indignation, and the fighting outside seemed to have no effect on them.
This insight completely subverted Li Tingzhi's thoughts, if he didn't have something to do, he would have thought about getting off the horse and finding someone to investigate. He had seen the pillars in the city and the trumpets on them, and there was a storytelling in them, and he listened with great interest as he walked, and slowly reached his destination.
The guards at the door checked his identity document and didn't dare to slack off, so they invited him in immediately. Li Tingzhi stopped them from going to report, intending to surprise his old friend. walked through the backyard to the inner door, but saw the soldiers guarding the door making a "silence" gesture, Li Tingzhi thought that the people inside had already slept, and turned around and wanted to exit, when he heard the sound of a conversation coming out.
"How can it be, it was fine a few days ago, please take a closer look, I will buy it immediately if you want to use any medicine, no matter what, please save my father's life!"
Li Tingzhi was so shocked when she heard this, she couldn't hold it anymore, reached out and opened the curtain, and entered the room. There were a total of three people in the room, and the one who was talking to him was Wang Lin, who had a one-sided relationship, and the old man on the side should be a doctor, and the person he was looking for was lying on the bed with his eyes closed.
"Chengfu Gong! How so? Li Tingzhi strode forward, and as soon as he grasped the skinny hand, in the hot weather, this hand was actually cold, and his heart suddenly sank.
Wang Lixin felt that someone was coming, opened his eyes, and wanted to sit up with his body, Li Tingzhi helped him take a cushion and lean against his back, but his eyes were staring at the old man, wanting to hear a different answer.
"It's not something that can be done by the power of medicine." The old doctor thought for a long time, but still shook his head gently, the candle shadow in the room swayed, and no one spoke for a while, Wang Lin saw that there were many people beside the bed, so he picked up a pair of scissors and walked away alone, and came to the table where the candlestick was placed.
"Xiangfu is also very human, why do you want to be such a child, when the old man is leaving, he can see this big victory with his own eyes, and it is enough to wish. If there is nothing else to do, how about staying in the house today and chatting with the old man? Wang Lixin waved his hand indifferently, and Li Tingzhi could only nod gloomily when he saw him say this.
"Lao Langzhong, no matter what, please give the old man another three days, I can't let the soldiers and civilians of the city take advantage of this big victory, but they can't enjoy it, thank you in advance." Turning his head, Wang Lixin arched his hand towards the old doctor, and he was so panicked that he hurriedly returned the salute, saying "I don't dare".
There was a soft sound, and the bean-sized lantern was cut off by Wang Lin, and he stood there in a daze, his ears buzzed, and suddenly tears welled up, and he couldn't hold back any longer.