I know, don't worry, I'm not going to be the same as I used to be. ”

A sneer appeared on Shao Huaigu's face, his hand touched his knee unconsciously, and the unwillingness in his heart increased a little, if he was not so stubborn at the beginning, as he knows how to advance and retreat like now, presumably his leg will not leave the root of the disease, and now it is inconvenient to even walk.

Xiao Mohan nodded slightly, knowing what Shao Huaigu had experienced in the past, so he didn't bring it up again and reveal Shao Huaigu's scars.

Shao Huaigu left the general's mansion, and three days later, he handed over a batch of novel weapons to the imperial court, and when those guards took the weapons to the court, everyone was stunned.

"What's this, what are these things? It looked so strange, I had never seen it before. ”

"Yes, Lord Shao, where did you get so many strange things, and you moved them to the court, what did you think of the court?"

Several ministers talked about it, their faces were full of doubts, almost all of them were promoted by the emperor, and once they gained power, they naturally got carried away and didn't know who they were.

"Your Majesty, these are the improved weapons sent by Wei Chen, they are much more powerful than before, please let these guards demonstrate in the hall first, if it really can't get into your eyes, Wei Chen is willing to resign from his official position."

Shao Huaigu looked humble and said very surely, although the emperor didn't like him, he was not wary of such a four-grade ceremony, so there was no need to embarrass him everywhere.

"That's it, since you've already moved these things to the court, I'll see what tricks you can play."

The emperor stroked the green beard on his chin, his eyes narrowed slightly, and there was no superfluous look on his face.

Shao Huaigu stepped aside, raised his hand and high-fived, and several guards immediately picked up their weapons and danced in the court according to the previous preparations.

This weapon is indeed exquisitely made, and after a few rounds, many officials were dumbfounded, and the emperor's eyes lit up, and he was speechless in surprise.

"Okay, this weapon is really good, Shao Aiqing, how did you make such a weapon?"

After the performance, the guards put down their weapons and retreated to the side one after another, but the emperor seemed to be still unsatisfied, with a curious face, and looked at Shao Huaigu with wide eyes.

"Your Majesty, Wechen is just a useless idle official, recently flipped through ancient books, and happened to see a policy about weapons, Wechen couldn't help but be interested, and wanted to improve Xiao Guo's current weapons, so after several twists and turns, he drew a drawing, and asked the government to come to a batch of idle weapons, so that the folk craftsmen could transform them, and finally changed to this."

Shao Huaigu said categorically according to what he had discussed with Xiao Mohan before, so that he would knock all the credit on his head, and the emperor must know it in his heart.

"I didn't expect you to have such talent, I really underestimated you before, and let you do this ceremony for so long, I really wronged you."

The emperor couldn't help but appreciate, nodding one after another, before Shao Huaigu insisted on going his own way and disobeying his orders, although it made him unhappy, but after so much time, he had long forgotten the past, and only felt that Shao Huaigu was really a talent.

"Your Majesty has won the award, no matter what, Wechen is Your Majesty's courtier, and he should obey His Majesty's orders, whatever His Majesty asks Wechen to do, Wechen must do it, and there must be no complaints."

Shao Huaigu bowed respectfully, speaking very reverently, and there was a faint reminder in his words, as if telling the emperor that he would not be like before again, if the emperor was willing to give him a chance, he would definitely be ruthless and would not give up.

"Okay, if all of my courtiers can be like you, then this Xiao Kingdom will definitely prosper."

The emperor was overjoyed, he didn't use Shao Huaigu in the past, it was because Shao Huaigu was too anti-minded, if Shao Huaigu was willing to be driven by him, then he would naturally be happy.

"Your Majesty, since Lord Shao has such talent, is it too condescending to the position of the Four Grades of Ceremonies? At present, the talents of the DPRK and China are withering, and talents like Lord Shao must be retained. ”

"Yes, Lord Shao is a rare talent, and he must be placed in the right position, so that his majesty's virtue can also be demonstrated."

Several ministers of the DPRK and China echoed one after another, and they were all secretly on Xiao Mohan's side, so they had already secretly helped Shao Huaigu.

"Well, you're right, these four rituals are an idle errand, and they are indeed not suitable for Shao Aiqing, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple is empty, and no one has made up for it for a long time, so Shao Aiqing, it is better for you to take the position of Shaoqing of Dali Temple."

The emperor nodded, not realizing that there was anything wrong at all, the current situation in the DPRK and China is delicate, and he also wants to cultivate his own power, so he doesn't have so much trouble with Shao Huaigu.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Weichen is determined to serve Xiao Guo in life, do his best, and die."

Shao Huaigu waited for the emperor's words, so he immediately knelt down to thank him, and he didn't joke, as long as the emperor made a decision immediately, he couldn't easily regret it.

"Get up, with your words, I will be relieved."

The emperor was satisfied and complacent, Shao Huaigu got up slowly, a sneer appeared on his face without a trace, and things went very smoothly.

The news was transmitted back to the General's Mansion, although Xiao Mohan didn't say anything, but he understood everything in his heart, since Shao Huaigu successfully became the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, then Ouyang Kun would have someone to control his elbows in the future.

Qian Qianqian boiled the decoction, brought it to Xiao Mohan, and when she walked into the study, Xiao Mohan dropped a sunspot, and the situation on the entire chessboard suddenly changed greatly.

"It's time for the medicine." Qian Qianqian put down the decoction and reminded her lightly, her eyes crossed the chessboard, and she was still a little surprised in her heart.

The black and white pieces on this chessboard are scattered, and in just a moment, the black pieces come to the fore and swallow many white pieces with overwhelming power, and the whole game suddenly becomes wonderful.

Xiao Mohan slowly raised his hand, picked up the decoction, raised his head and drank it all, the medicine prescribed by Dr. Zhao was indeed bitter, but it was nothing to him.

"There's no one else here, don't you feel bored playing against yourself?"

Qian Qianqian looked around, but did not see the servants, the study was clean and clean, with a slight smell of ink, and the bamboo branches by the window were dense, and the branches and leaves stretched in from the window, adding a green shade to the room.

"Then you can stay with me."

Xiao Mohan didn't think so, opened his mouth lightly, picked up a few sunspots, and threw them into the enamel bowl, his voice was low, revealing indescribable calmness.

"Okay, let's take this opportunity to make a bet, whoever loses, will promise the other party a condition, no regrets."

Qian Qianqian originally didn't know how to play this kind of chess, but when she was about to speak, something suddenly occurred in her heart, so she turned around, and her eyes flashed with a hint of cunning.

"Okay." Xiao Mohan also immediately agreed, without the slightest hesitation, anyway, when it comes to chess, he has never had an opponent, Shao Huaigu lost in front of him, he didn't believe that Qian Qianqian could win him.

Qian Qianqian sat down opposite Xiao Mohan and picked up all the white pieces on the chessboard into her hands, and the chessboard suddenly became clean.

"Who's going to fall first?" Qian Qianqian glanced at Xiao Mohan and said suspiciously.

"You go first." Xiao Mohan deliberately gave Qian Qianqian a few points, and in this chess game, who fell first undoubtedly took the lead.

"Then you're welcome." Qian Qianqian pursed her lips and smiled lightly, and landed a white piece on the chessboard at random, Xiao Mohan immediately followed, and the two went back and forth, and several chess pieces were dropped.

It's just that Xiao Mohan looked at Qian Qianqian's movements, and was a little puzzled, I didn't know which move Qian Qianqian was making, neither attacking nor defending, as if there was no order at all, just fooling around.

"I won." Qian Qianqian dropped a chess piece and immediately spoke, her face was happy, her eyebrows and eyes were crooked, revealing indescribable pride.

Xiao Mohan was stunned for a moment, twisted the chess pieces in his hand, glanced at Qian Qianqian, and thought that Qian Qianqian was cheating, so he put down the chess pieces and shook his head.

"Don't believe it, look at it, are my five whites connected one after another?"

Qian Qianqian looked at Xiao Mohan's expression, with a stubborn expression, pursed her red lips slightly, and said with a little coquettishness.

Xiao Mohan looked in the direction of Qian Qianqian's finger, there were indeed five chess pieces on the chessboard neatly connected in a line, but what could this mean?

"It's called backgammon, it's a way of playing in our countryside, as long as five identical pieces are connected on a line, you win, and now it's me who wins."

Qian Qianqian proudly explained that she had never planned to play this ancient chess game with Xiao Mohan from the beginning, and Xiao Mohan herself would be mistaken.

Xiao Mohan suddenly understood in his heart, Qian Qianqian deliberately wanted to bet just now, just made up his mind to trick him, it seemed that he was really negligent.

"Aren't you playing against me with a country chess? Before I played chess, I didn't say what I was playing. ”

Xiao Mohan lifted his thin lips lightly, a cold light flashed in his deep eyes, his voice was low, and although his face was a little pale, it was difficult to hide his majesty.

"But you didn't say that you can't play this kind of chess, since you haven't explained it before, then you can play any kind of chess, it's because you don't see the mystery in it, how can you blame me?"

Qian Qianqian was not to be outdone, her every move was stubborn, and there was indescribable cunning between her eyes.

Xiao Mohan looked at Qian Qianqian's appearance, in this game, he lost anyway, he really didn't expect that even Shao Huaigu was not his opponent, and he actually lost to Qian Qianqian.

"If you want to lose, what do you want, mention it."

Xiao Mohan is not a cheater, if he loses, he loses, no matter what means Qian Qianqian uses, he can't change this fait accompli.

"I haven't thought about this yet, so you owe it first, and when I think about it, I'll come to you to ask for it."

Qian Qianqian raised her eyebrows lightly, speaking lightly, with a bit of mystery on her face, which made people unable to see it or figure it out.

Xiao Mohan is a general, commanding thousands of troops and horses, one person is above ten thousand people, but he has no choice but to be a little woman like Qian Qianqian, and she can only be used to being more and more bold by her temperament.

At this moment, a gust of wind blew outside the window, the leaves rattled, Xiao Mohan turned his face and looked straight over, only to see a black shadow flashing, and Yu Feng appeared in front of him.

"Subordinates, see generals." Yu Feng knelt down to salute Xiao Mohan, dressed in black, coming and going without a trace.