Xu Liang finished the last business at hand, and the sun was already in the west. After estimating the hour, it was almost time to close the yamen, Xu Liang stretched his waist, got up and walked outside the yamen.

Passing by the office of the house clerks, looking in from the door, the three scribes in the room were burying their heads in copying and writing, the new head of the house, Tian Kegang, was sitting on a chair and explaining something to a servant, and his eyes saw the county lord passing by, he was stunned, and pretended not to pay attention to the general and continued to explain the matter to the officer.

Xu Liang didn't care, he still walked towards the yamen step by step with elegant eight-character steps, and silently calculated the time in his heart, well, he could still kill a few games of backgammon with Su Qin when he got home.

Backgammon is an activity for all ages first initiated by Xu Liang in Xu's house, because it is easy to learn but interesting, it was soon loved by the people in the house, and once surpassed the horse tag and became the mainstream activity in Xu's house.

The cause of the incident is related to Feng Suqin. Since the treatment of Master Changhui of Zhenru Temple, Feng Suqin's condition has been improving day by day, and for more than a month, although Suqin can not do strenuous exercise, there is no problem in daily life.

Liang Ji's affairs Xu Liang naturally didn't allow her to bother now, but Feng Suqin was an idle person, and after staying in the room for a few days, she began to complain to Xu Liang that she was too idle and boring, and begged Xu Liang to give her something to do.

So Xu Liang found paper and pen, drew dozens of squares with his hands, and explained the rules to Su Qin, and the two of them drew circles and forks on the paper, and played the first game of backgammon since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty.

The result can be predicted, the new student Su Qin was killed by Xu Liang in a river of blood, and it was unbearable. Su Qin's competitive spirit rose, and Xu Liang played two sets in a row, and only when he got the fifth set could he be a draw. It's just that in this way, Suqin actually likes to play backgammon.

Xu Liang returned to Xu's mansion and entered the backyard, and saw Feng Suqin and his cousin Feng Min'er fighting on a game of Go in the pavilion in the garden.

Feng Suqin heard the footsteps, looked up and saw that it was Xu Liang who was back, so she jumped and said, "Xianggong is back?" Quick, Min'er will give up a seat, and I will kill a few rounds with Xianggong. ”

Feng Min'er pursed her lips and said reluctantly: "This game is not over yet." ”

"Hurry up," Su Qin didn't agree, stretched out her hand to sweep up the black and white on the chessboard, and said with a smile: "You have lost eight games to me in a row, it is too effortless to play with you, dare to let Xian hurry!" ”

Feng Min'er reluctantly got up, grabbed two pieces of cake from the stone table next to her, stuffed one in her mouth, took two bites, and then came up to watch Xu Liang and Feng Suqin play.

Xu Liang went down a few sunspots, and saw that Feng Min'er's cheeks were bulging, and she was eating the cake vigorously, so he asked curiously: "Where did we get the cake?" Is it tasty? ”

"Hmm...... Delicious. Feng Min'er nodded inarticulately, then turned around and picked up the small plate of cakes and put it in front of Xu Liang, and said, "It's so sweet, brother-in-law, you taste a piece." ”

Xu Liang took a look, and saw that a few pieces of cake on the plate were red and yellow, and the surface was covered with a layer of powdered white sugar, which was okay, so he pinched a piece and threw it into his mouth, and couldn't help but praise after chewing a few bites: "The taste is really good." ”

Feng Suqin covered her mouth and chuckled: "These were made in my aunt's house last year, and I still kept some when I moved, and I kept them in the cabinet, but today I let Min'er remember them, so I brought them out for everyone to taste." ”

"I didn't think your aunt still had this skill." Xu Liang said with a smile.

After laughing again, I saw that the two of them were fighting fiercely on the chessboard, and it was difficult to inseparable, and the black and white chess pieces covered most of the chessboard. The doorman in the house stepped forward to report: "Master, someone outside the door has brought you a letter. ”

Xu Liang nodded, took the letter, opened it and looked at it, and couldn't help but smile on his face. The letter was replied by Sun Yiping, the prefect of Nankang Prefecture. Xu Liang couldn't help but sigh that the hard work paid off, the sincerity was done, and the gold and stone were open. Since the start of the construction of the Wei Gong Ancestral Hall, Xu Liang saw that Lu He and the two were aggressive, so he came up with a trick to save the country, and blindly retreated on the surface, even if the patrol battalion was almost completely disbanded and reorganized, Xu Liang was silent, secretly, Xu Liang had to send a letter to the outside world every five days, and the recipients included Sun Yiping, the prefect of Nankang, Huang Weizhong, the political envoy of Si Zuo, and Yang Bangxian, the governor of Jiangxi.

The letters are extremely neatly written, the packaging is extremely gorgeous, the letters are delivered on time, and the content is extremely boring. In each letter, Xu Liang sent out as the assistant envoy of the Wei Gong Ancestral Hall, and all the contents of the letter were in the tone of the assistant envoy official, and reported the progress of the Wei Gong Ancestral Hall to several superior leaders in a subordinate tone, no matter how big or small, and all aspects were covered.

Xu Liang's idea is very simple, even if he can't let a few adults remember him, at least he has to be familiar, and when he sees Xu Liang's words in the future, he can vaguely remember the person in Jianchang County, as long as the above three adults kill their minds, then Lu He and the two of them will not be able to make a lot of trouble.

However, Xu Liang sent more than a dozen letters back and forth, but he didn't see a single reply. Sun Yiping, the prefect of Nankang, was the first to reply to this letter, which could not but surprise and surprise Xu Liang.

What surprised him even more was at the end of the letter. Sun Zhifu first affirmed Xu Liang's practice of reporting the progress of the work on time as the assistant of the Wei Gong Ancestral Hall, and encouraged Xu to make persistent efforts to build the Wei Gong Ancestral Hall well and beautifully, and then at the end of the place, Xu Liang repeatedly put forward the request to report the work in person, Sun Zhifu wrote in a flat tone in the reply letter, he has been busy with official business recently, and he really can't spare time to listen to Lord Xu's report, and the old father is about to celebrate his sixtieth birthday, so he will be even busier at that time. I want to let my lord feel at ease and wait for Yunyun.

Xu Liang stumbled up and asked Menzi: "Is the person who delivered the letter still outside the house?" ”

Menzi replied, "Yes." ”

Xu Liang waved his hand, hurriedly walked out, went down the stone steps outside the pavilion, and then stopped and turned back to Feng Suqin and said solemnly: "Keep this game first, don't mess up, I'll come back and continue in a while!" ”

Feng Suqin smiled: "Got it." When Xu Liang walked away in a hurry, Feng Suqin looked at the chess game in front of him, frowned and thought about it, smiled at the corner of his mouth, stretched out two fingers like jade onions, and gently plucked a few black chess pieces.

Feng Min'er, who was standing on the side, looked at her with wide eyes, her cheeks twitched, and she was about to condemn her cousin's shameless behavior, Feng Suqin glared at her, and Feng Min'er stopped talking.

It's the second day of the seventh month in a blink of an eye.

On the edge of the busiest street to the east of Nankang Mansion, the residence of the prefect Sun Yiping is located here. Today is the 60th birthday of Governor Sun's father, Mrs. Sun, and almost all the main officials of all prefectures and counties in Nankang Mansion dare to come to congratulate him. The men who gave the gift lined up from the street to the end of the street, and the long-tuned singing of the door of the salute was not interrupted, and the men who delivered the dishes and helped the cook went in and out from the side door, and the officials who entered the door, the rich gentry and the old lady and the prefect Sun saw the courtesy, and they each found familiar guests to greet each other.

Lu Chengyuan, the magistrate of Jianchang County, followed Nankang Tong into the Sun Mansion early in the morning. He Tongju has always been close to the Sun Governor's Mansion, and he is very familiar with the old lady in the house, and the people under the steward of the Sun Mansion also know that He Tongju has a deep relationship with the Sun Governor's Mansion.

In comparison, Lu Zhixian and Sun Zhifu have a general relationship, and they originally did not have a deep friendship, but in the past two months, because of He Tong's judgment, they have also accompanied Sun Zhifu to the same table for two banquets, although they can't talk about how deep their friendship is, at least they are familiar.

But today, taking the opportunity of Mrs. Sun's 60th birthday, to be able to deepen ties with the local power faction like Sun Zhifu, Lu Zhixian also feels that the opportunity is rare, yes, although the people in Sun Mansion did not give much good hospitality, Lu Zhixian has always had a faint smile on his face.

With this smile, Lu Zhixian looked at the more and more officials in the hall, watched the officials sit down, watched the old birthday star take the seat, and watched Governor Sun greet the guests who came to congratulate him with a red face...... Until, he heard the loud voice of the disciples outside the main gate: "Lord Xu Liang Xu of Jianchang County congratulates Mrs. Sun on her blessings as the East China Sea, and her longevity is better than Nanshan!" ”

Jianchang County? Xu Liang?

Lu Zhixian thought that he had misheard it at first, and looked at He Tongjuan, who was at the same table, and saw the same surprised look in the other party's eyes, so the two turned around and looked in the direction of the main entrance.

I saw Xu Liang of Jianchang County wearing a sky-blue robe, brocade hat and leather boots, full of spring breeze, step by step through the full Nankang Mansion officials, rich gentry, walked to the front table, and bowed to the old lady Sun and said: "The younger Jianchang County Cheng Xu Liang congratulates the old lady, may the old lady have today every year, and the old lady will have this day every year!" ”

Old lady Sun is over sixty years old, his ears are not back, but his eyes are not very good, he heard Xu Liang's name a little unfamiliar, so he turned his head and asked Sun Zhifu softly: "Son, who is this person, is he familiar with you?" ”

Governor Sun's expression was a little complicated, and he leaned into the old lady's ear and whispered a few words. Old lady Sun raised his right hand with a smile and said, "Lord Xu has a heart, and the old man has thanked him." ”

Xu Liang hurriedly said that he didn't dare. At this time, Governor Sun greeted loudly: "Lord Xu is here, this is really a rare guest." Well, it just so happens that Lord Lu of Jianchang Zhi County is also there, so Lord Xu will sit at a table with Lord Lu. ”

"Yes." Xu Liang smiled, walked straight to the table between Lu Zhixian and He Tongju, picked a seat to sit, and then smiled at Lu He and the others: "Lord He, county honor, I didn't expect to be able to drink with the two adults at the same table in Lord Sun's mansion, it's really an honor." ”

The faint smile on Lu Zhixian's face disappeared without a trace with Xu Liang's appearance, and at this time, he felt as disgusting as a fly suddenly eaten.