- Chen Jiu was silent and melancholy in the inn residence for a few days, until today when she met the scholar who asked strange questions under the flower tree, and in the rain of flowers that blurred her vision, she caught a familiar image from the scholar, and she suddenly had the idea of walking out of her house and going to another house.

I didn't expect that the one who shook his almost frozen mind out of the cracks would be a stranger.

When she was still a hundred steps away from Lin Shan's residence, Chen Jiu saw the unfancy but extremely familiar doorway, and looked at the two doormen at the door who could teach their names with just a vague glance, and even easily count their favorite meals, although it was only three days after the interval had not arrived, she couldn't help but feel an inexplicable feeling in her heart, and she couldn't tell whether she was happy or afraid.

When she walked closer a dozen steps, the two extremely astute doormen at the door also recognized her, but although the two doormen were dressed as domestic servants, they obeyed military orders and would not move their posts easily, so they only stood on both sides of the doorway and smiled at her.

When Chen Jiu stepped up the stone steps, the two doormen exchanged a few words, then retreated to both sides, and only spread one hand to make a gesture of inviting in.

The wine will enter and exit this secret abode of the forest cedar without any hindrance, and there is no need to send someone to guide the way.

However, when these two guards saw the old wine that they hadn't seen for many days, they actually had a big doubt in their hearts. They wanted to know what Chen Jiu had done if he hadn't been here or in the town's tavern these days, so where had he gone? You must know that in their impression, the old wine does not seem to have "disappeared" like this, the winery is still this courtyard, and her figure will always be in one of them.

But they didn't ask, for they could see that Chenjiu's face was slightly haggard.

The thing that can make her sad is obviously not the wine shop she opened in the town that has a lot of customers but was voluntarily closed by her, but probably related to their boss, Lord Lin, who seems to have an abnormal temperament these days. And if Chen Jiu's sadness is related to Lord Lin, no one needs to remind him of anything, and no matter how curious anyone is, all the guards in the residence will consciously choose to shut up.

However, although they were very "well-behaved" and shut up, after Chen Jiu was alone for a few days, his nerves unconsciously became sensitive, and he felt that these people who knew him well suddenly became "silent", and a not quite right atmosphere was obvious.

But she didn't pay too much attention to these small details, and only briefly inquired about Lin Shan's physical condition today, as well as his work and diet in the past few years, and got where he should be at the moment, so she went to find someone alone.

In fact, the residence occupies an area that is not large, and the first county lord of the world is the first county lord to read the full text. There are only two admissions. Except for the two main halls, the rest of the living room, utility room, corner room, etc., totaled no more than twenty-four squares, and the doorman did not have to be so meticulous with the old wine as he did to report the location of the prisoner. It's just that they want to say a few more words to Chen Jiu, but they feel that her expression is different, and it is difficult to say anything else, so they have to talk a few more words on this kind of topic that can be said or not.

Thinking that the separation was imminent, even the guards in the residence were reluctant to give up on this hard-working, kind and wise wine sister.

But when I think about my own adult, I really don't know how he raised it in his heart.

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In fact, there is no need for the guidance of the doorman, if the wine is old, you have to look for the forest cedar. The first place he would go was his study.

But when she traveled to the old place. But he was taken aback by what he saw.

The study room is long gone. But the houses next to each other were still there, so the sight looked a bit like a row of tooth bones missing a door. The original study was demolished, and the stone bricks, tiles, and beams were all sorted and placed aside, and three piles were piled up. But it seemed that it was to be rebuilt immediately, for several of the familiar guards had changed into burlap robes, with their sleeves up to their elbows, acting as masons, crouching on the foundations of the original study to lay the foundations of the walls.

A guard in charge of carrying the plaster just turned around and saw Chen Jiu, he was slightly stunned and then smiled happily, called "Sister Wine", and the rest of the guards who were squatting down to scrape the ashes with brick knives and jingle looked up when they heard the sound, and then they stood up one after another. There were almost unanimous smiles of joy on his faces, and a few calls of "Sister Wine".

Chen Jiu nodded, and then asked, "It's only been a few days, what's wrong with the study?"

A guard said helplessly: "If someone wants to, no matter how good the house is, it won't be like playing if it is demolished."

The other guard continued, "Still. Just rebuilding a house, a few of us can complete it in less than half a day. ”

The twenty or so guards in the residence, in addition to their superb martial arts, half of them also have the ability to scout and scout, and the other half have learned the skills of masons.

Don't ignore these masons, they mainly learn the ability of the military fort cantonment, and have been trained in harsh environments, and can build the fortress wall several feet high without the need for a ruler line, and at the same time have speed. In addition to their ability to build buildings, their keen eye for architecture can also help them to delve deeper into some information about enemy fortresses when they are on patrol outposts.

Chen Jiu also knew about this, but it was only today that she had the privilege of confirming which guards were who knew how to do the masonry.

Let these people repair a private house, so simple that it can be easily reached. But they probably didn't even think that before leaving this small town in the Northland, Lord Lin would really let them try the feeling of repairing a private house. Therefore, although it was a very simple matter, the few of them somehow ignited a great enthusiasm, and naturally reached a unanimous decision without words and deliberations, and used all their skills to leave a trace of their uniqueness in this town.

Chen Jiu had seen the process of renovating the Dongfeng Building in Kyoto from the inside out, which was somewhat similar to the scene in front of her, so she was surprised: Do these people want to build a study into a fortress with the function of defending against enemies? However, due to the limited space space, this is absolutely impossible.

Seeing that Chen Jiu's eyes were full of suspicion, several guards thought that she was going to ask where Lin Shan was, and one of them pointed her to the East Corner Courtyard.

Chen Jiu was actually about to ask Lin Shan directly about the study, so he stopped lingering next to the rebuilt study. Moving to the East Corner Courtyard, the courtyard is not large, but it is full of evergreen pines and cypresses, which is quite quaint.

Most of these pines and cypresses transplanted by the guards in their leisure time to the countryside and mountains are as dense as a cover, and at this time, it is the season of new pine branches, and a cluster of light green pine needles has newly grown on the top of the dark blue old pine needles, and the pine needles that are also verdant but overlapping with light and dark are like cattails. Looking at the new and old pine needles that seemed to be blooming like flowers, Chen Jiu suddenly remembered the question that the scholar under the flower tree in the inn asked her seriously not long ago.

How many ways are there to deharvest flowers?

How to deflorate ......

A few strands of old pine needles that had been squeezed out by the new pine needles fell gently in the breeze, and the thoughts flashed in Chenjiu's mind, as if he was very close to the answer that was gradually becoming clearer.

But at this moment, a gentle voice came from the oblique angle, and suddenly disturbed the thought that was about to take shape in her mind.

"Doctor Wu, if you don't move again, I may have to accompany you to become a stone man."

"Don't rush, don't you think I'm here?"

"Are you really here?"

"Oh, there is no way to return to the sky, there is no way to return to the sky......"

Chen Jiu moved his gaze slightly with the sound, only to find that Lin Shan and the former imperial physician Wu Xue were sitting under the tree and talking. Or maybe the two of them had been too engaged before they spoke, and the smoke of the battle was all in their consciousness, so although they sat and played against each other, they were as quiet as no one; Or maybe I just watched the replacement of the old and the new pine needles, and I was so distracted for a moment that I ignored the two people who were only about ten steps away.

The cypress branches are dense and cover the shade of the stone table below, if in the middle of summer, this is indeed a good place to cool and sleep, otherwise the few guards in the residence will not aim at this courtyard, and spend so much effort to select and transplant these rare and dense old pines from the sparsely wooded mountains in the suburbs.

But it's only late spring, and the climate in this northerner town isn't as warm as in the south, so sitting in such a thick shade will inevitably feel a little cool.

Wu Ze seemed to have made a mistake, and there was a little regret and some unwillingness on his face. Maybe this move was unexpected, so his mood fluctuated a little, he forgot his demeanor for a while, and couldn't sit still on the stone bench, so he jumped up and squatted on the stone bench, kicking the cotton ball cushion that was originally resting on the stone bench to prevent it from falling to the ground.

He looked a little like a monkey climbing a rockery and looking down the mountain, but his condescending perspective still couldn't change the defeat caused by a mistake on the chessboard.

Wu Ze rubbed his palms a little anxiously, and shouted a few times in a row, "Returning to the heavens", and Lin Shan, who was playing against him, finally couldn't help but remind: "Doctor Wu, this kind of verbal habit can't be formed. You are a doctor, and when you go to a house to practice medicine, you suddenly say, 'There is no way to return to heaven', and no matter how good-tempered people are, I am afraid that they will change their faces and drive you out of the house with a broom." ”

"I know this......" Wu Ze stared at the chessboard, verbally agreeing quickly, but there was no 'I know and understand' on his face. After pondering for a while, he suddenly looked up at the man sitting with his hands in his sleeves on the opposite side and smiling, and said angrily: "You know that urging, you see, I made a mistake, and now I will lose to you again!"

Lin Shan smiled and said: "A game of chess can be placed on the street to this extent, and you are still glorious even if you are defeated."

"Victory is victory, defeat is defeat, I recognize everything." Wu Ze said very seriously, "Hmph, there is victory in defeat, I finally see the cunning of your victories again and again!" Again, this time I'll be calm enough to beat you once! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he was ready to collect the chess pieces.

A wry smile crept up the corner of Lin Shan's eyes, and another plate would have to be consumed for half an hour, to say the least. His mind turned sharply, and he suddenly said, "Doctor, the speed at which you admit defeat is too fast, and it is not your turn to play the next game."

Wu Ze heard this. As soon as the hand picking the chess pieces dropped his fingers, he let go again, and said with a slightly surprised expression: "It's impossible, looking at this formation, it will be difficult for me to win again."

"That's all. I'll swap hands with you. Lin Shan stared at him and said seriously: "The three sons will win or lose." What do you think if I turn the situation around for you and that's the end of today's hand talk?"

Wu Xue hesitated and said, "The third son ......"

Lin Shan nodded, and said, "I can't think too much, there is so little room on the chessboard."

Wu Ze no longer hesitated, and immediately responded: "Then you are optimistic, I will take your last territory with one son!"

He didn't care because of the change of hands. The advantages he has now are actually all derived from Lin Shan's step-by-step approach in the first half, and his so-called "last territory" is actually tossed out by himself. He just looked smug all of a sudden, thinking that he could win this time, and he could be mentally consummated once. There is another reason to fight with Lin Shan.

It's just that to his great surprise, he fell with one piece, and then the momentum created by the first few strokes caused a strong impact on the opponent's chess array, but it was not as he said. Truly win all the opponent's positions with one son.

Lin Shan seemed to have figured out the place of the fall in his heart, and after Wu chose to fall into the place, he didn't think about it for too long, that is, his body leaned forward slightly, and the hand that had been held in his sleeve reached out. He put it down, and then withdrew it back into his sleeve.

Wu Xue looked at the chess board and couldn't help but gasp.

Not only did he not achieve the wild words just now, but at this time, although the opponent's disadvantage was not completely reversed, the remnant formation seemed to be cut off, making a group of chess pieces faintly alive.

The centipede legs are not useful, and the scorpion poisons people.

Looking at Wu Ze in surprise, as if he was about to enter into that kind of long thinking again, Lin Shan couldn't help but say: "It's not good if the fall is too slow, your opponent has time to see through the layout of your thinking." The chess formation contains a heavenly calculation, but there are also some officers who are well versed in this way, and the face of the soldier formation can be more changeable than the chess formation, and hesitation may be to miss the opportunity. ”

Wu Ze shook his head and said abruptly: "Don't urge, I'll be here soon."

Lin Shan slowly breathed a sigh of relief, then reached out and put it down, and stood up.

Wu Ze was puzzled: "I haven't fallen yet?"

Lin Shan said with a smile: "No matter where you land next, in short, you only have those positions to choose from, and I am the same, who comes first and who comes later has little impact on the ending." You continue, no matter how you fall next, my place will not change. ”

"Don't go." Although Wu Ze understood what he meant, he still refused to relax, and hurriedly shouted: "Who told you to let me, we can talk about it just now, if I win this game, you will have to accompany you for another game."

"You've got to give me a breather." Lin Shan's face was helpless, "Just leave for a while." ”

Wu Ze watched Lin Shan leave the stone table, his eyes turned as he moved, and then he saw Chen Jiu standing not far away and not making a sound to disturb their conversation.

After he was stunned for a moment, he made up his mind, said no more, sat back silently at the chess table with his back to the pair of people who were approaching each other, and his eyes reintegrated into the smoke-filled chess piece battle array.

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