After Shen Hanxi finished his work in the yamen, he deliberately went back to the mansion to change into a regular clothes, remembering that Xia Xiaoqiu said that Song Ran liked Hexiangzhai's dim sum, and deliberately detoured three streets halfway to buy her a box to bring.

When he was thinking about her wholeheartedly, she was talking and laughing with King Chengwu, and thinking of this, her already cold face couldn't help but add a touch of gloom.

Song Ran ignored his expression, and when he saw the ebony food box in his hand, his eyes couldn't help but light up: "Hexiangzhai's dim sum?" Did the adults buy it for me? ”

He handed the food box to the old man standing next to him, opened his eyes and said nonsense, "It was specially bought for Uncle Zhong." ”

Uncle Zhong was flattered, took it and said, "Thank you, Lord Shen, sit inside." ”

Shen Hanxi raised her feet and walked to the living room, Liuniang was panicked and wanted to make tea, but was stopped by Uncle Zhong: "Liuniang, take the vegetable basket and accompany me to the street to buy vegetables." When she got closer, she signaled the direction of Shen Hanxi again, and said in a low voice, "The face of the adult inside is not good-looking, let's not make a mess here." ”

Liu Niang nodded with concern, ran to the dining room to get the vegetable basket, and went out with Uncle Zhong.

Song Ran lifted the teapot boiled on the small red clay stove, walked to Shen Hanxi's side, looked at him, and guessed that he probably didn't like King Chengwu, so he didn't like her to associate with King Chengwu, and sighed slightly: "How big a festival is the lord and the prince, how can they meet like enemies." ”

Shen Hanxi teased the tea cigarette with the tea lid, and did not raise his eyes: "What kind of deep hatred can this official have with him, if you want to say that there is a grudge, it is also a personal vendetta." He just neglected this prince once, and this prince never gave him a good face, and this ability to hold grudges is about to catch up with him, so he asked lightly, "What is he doing here?" ”

Song Ran stood beside him, and saw that his outfit was rarely so low-key, a plain cotton silk was directly embellished, and a long silk silk was tied around his waist, except for the jade wrench on his thumb, there was no other embellishment. He seems to like this wrench very much, and he has always worn it except for going to Zhejiang to hide his identity. Moreover, he seems to be left-handed, and this jade wrench finger has always been put on the thumb of his right hand, and when he thinks, it seems that he also has a small habit of stroking this wrench.

Her mind was withdrawn from these inconsequential matters, and she replied, "The prince just came to visit the door and gave me two koi fish by the way." ”

He snorted coldly: "The prince of Dajing, he runs to the house of the young girl who has not left the pavilion at every turn, what kind of kindness can he have?" ”

The corners of Song Ran's forehead jumped, and he couldn't help but speak for King Chengwu: "My lord, you can't say that, Lord Wang, he doesn't have those bad intentions." I thought to myself, at best, he coveted Uncle Zhong's cooking, and every time he gobbled it up, as if he had never eaten.

When Shen Hanxi heard this, his eyes shot coldly: "So, is it still the official's 'belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain'?" ”

Song Ran couldn't help but smile: "This is what you said." ”

He put the teacup on the table and looked up at her: "Miss Song really doesn't take this official seriously anymore. ”

Although she was still a little afraid of him, she was not as cautious as before, and said: "How can it, these eyes of the folk girl are staring at you all the time, for fear that you will be unhappy." ”

Although she used honorifics, her eyes were full of intimacy, he was still awkward, and after hearing her words, the desire to continue to be angry with her faded. She was close to King Chengwu, and it wasn't the first day he knew about it. It's a big deal to find some trouble for this prince in secret, and he can't eat jealousy in front of her, he himself is disgusted.

Song Ran saw that his expression was relaxed, so he knew that this article had been turned over, so he asked him, "Do you have time to eat at home today?" ”

As soon as she finished asking, King Chengwu, who had changed his clothes, also entered the living room.

Looking at this handsome and majestic prince, Song Ran felt that both he and Shen Hanxi had a rebellious temperament that could not be ignored. It's just that King Chengwu's recklessness stems from his disdain for authority, but Shen Hanxi happens to represent an unbeatable authority. There is more of a kind of arrogance in him, and this arrogance comes from his own pampering, but also with an extreme disregard for the world's human feelings.

If such two people can get along well, they will really see the hell.

Shen Hanxi still had a mess of business, and he didn't plan to sit in the Song Mansion for a long time, but when he saw King Chengwu, he temporarily changed his mind: "Then add a pair of dishes and chopsticks to this official." ”

After two teas, Song Ran finally couldn't bear it anymore.

Since King Chengwu came in and sat down, the two didn't say a word, one drank tea without distraction, and the other crossed Erlang's legs, looking at the begonia trees outside the door.

She especially wanted to ask them, "Don't you have to talk about a word?" ”

The answer is clearly yes.

She estimated that Uncle Zhong still had to play this meal, so she got up and found the chessboard: "Why don't you two sit and play a game of chess to pass the time?" ”

Shen Hanxi looked at King Chengwu lightly, and said modestly: "Then ask the prince for advice." ”

King Chengwu was not happy: "Miss Song, you know how this king's chess skills are, and you still let this king accompany Lord Shen to play chess, obviously because you want to see this king's jokes." ”

Shen Hanxi smiled: "It turns out that the prince is afraid that the official will bully you." ”

King Chengwu was unmoved: "This king is self-aware, and Lord Shen's radical method is still provincial." The corners of his lips hooked, and he had an idea, "In this way, this king will ask Miss Song to give you guidance, if you win, Miss Song's will be counted, and if you lose, you will be counted as this king, how about it?" ”

Shen Hanxi said: "Yes." After that, King Chengwu tacitly raised his eyes and looked at Song Ran. Being stared at by these two pairs of compelling eyes, Song Ran's forehead couldn't help twitching. Is it better for her to help King Chengwu, or not to help. Whether she helps or not, won't she be able to get benefits?

When she moved a small bench and sat down beside King Chengwu, she mourned silently for herself in her heart, wanting to ease the embarrassing atmosphere, but who expected to put herself in such a tormented situation.

King Chengwu is a stinky chess basket who lives up to her expectations from the beginning and makes a mess of chess. Shen Hanxi didn't seem to realize that his chess skills were so poor, and he raised his eyes to look at him several times halfway.

No matter how good your chess skills are, in front of such a bad opponent, I am afraid that you will not be able to show your cleverness or not.

King Chengwu looked calm and said, "Miss Song, don't forget that you are the king's military advisor, where should the king go next?" If you win this game, the king will be rewarded! ”

Song Ran is a chess idiot, as soon as she sat in front of the chessboard, she seemed to be a different person, at this time she didn't have any distractions in her heart, and she only thought about how to reverse the decline in front of her.

King Chengwu held the sunspot, there was a first-hand advantage, but unfortunately a wrong step, the first hand was lost, she thought for a moment, grabbed the sleeve, and dropped a piece for him, this chess piece fell in a mediocre place, so that King Chengwu was a little incomprehensible. Secretly, she wouldn't have released water on purpose, right? It can be seen that she looks serious, so she put away her doubts and concentrates on playing chess.

He walked a few more times, and she only occasionally helped him get a son, but then it went down, and she shot more and more, and in the end, he simply handed it over to her completely, watching her and Shen Hanxi go back and forth.

Shen Hanxi looked at her when she was thinking about how to settle down, only to see that her whole person was gentle and quiet, and in her dark and clear eyes, there was only this black and white world. That concentration made her seem to be out of the ordinary, and it was a little embarrassing.

He noticed that there was a hairpin in her hair, which was very compatible with her.

While he was distracted, she thought about where she had fallen and reminded him, "My lord." ”

He looked at the chessboard, a smile of appreciation on his lips. Every time she falls, the impact on the situation is minimal, but in this slight change, she has already set up the game, just waiting for him to jump in.

King Chengwu was still in a state of incomprehension, and seeing that Shen Hanxi had not fallen for a long time, he couldn't help but remind: "Lord Shen, it's your turn." ”

He didn't move, and said leisurely: "This official really underestimated Miss Song." He said to King Chengwu again, "Congratulations to the prince, you have found a good military advisor." ”

When King Chengwu heard this, his eyes were overjoyed: "Won?" ”

Without waiting for Shen Hanxi to answer, Liuniang walked in and respectfully invited them to dinner. King Chengwu won the chess and was in a good mood, and after getting up, he patted Song Ran on the shoulder: "Miss Song has a meritorious service today, let the dumb brother go to the palace to receive the reward in a few days!" After that, he followed behind Liu Niang and went to the dining room happily.

Song Ran bumped into Shen Hanxi's eyes, and the tip of his heart couldn't help but tremble, and he was about to open his mouth to ask for guilt, but he heard him say: "King Chengwu's silver, if you don't earn it in vain, you won't earn it in vain." As he spoke, he picked up a chess piece, put it on the board, and got up and stepped out of the small hall.

Song Ran looked at the chessboard fixedly, and after seeing the doorway, his face couldn't help but change. He was clearly able to turn the situation around, but he deliberately let the game end here, leaving an ominous remark, making King Chengwu mistakenly think that he had won, and he ...... He clearly put water on himself, deliberately pit the reward of King Chengwu!

She followed with a complicated expression, and looked at this adult's ability to cheat people again.

The Yamen of the Criminal Department.

Xiao Yan was recently reinstated, and during his absence, there was a backlog of cases. In the past few days, he has stayed in the yamen every day, not only handling new cases, but also reviewing the old cases during his absence.

The chief is so conscientious, and the subordinate officials are naturally not idle. In their eyes, their own adults are very good, but they don't want to die when they work.

Let's ask which yamen will start work before the end of the day, and the yamen will not retire in the middle of the moon? However, these complaints were only in their hearts, and most of the officials were still convinced by this Shangshu lord. In the days when he was away, the entire criminal department was in chaos, and when he returned, various affairs were slowly on the right track.

After reviewing a case file, the hour of the copper leak was already in the middle of nowhere, and the young Lord Shangshu put down the case file, closed his eyes and rubbed the corners of his forehead, and asked people to play the evening drum of the Ya. The scribes waited for this moment early, and after coming forward to say goodbye, they went back to their homes. At this time, a scribe came to Xiao Yan in the direction of his colleague with a case file.

Xiao Yan lowered his hand from the corner of his forehead and asked him, "What's wrong?" ”

He unfolded the case file on the case and said, "My lord, this case file is sandwiched in the case file submitted to the Criminal Department for review yesterday. ”

Xiao Yan glanced at the case file and said, "This is just an ordinary civil case, which should be tried by the county government itself, and should not be handed over to the Criminal Department." ”

The criminal department reviews all major and important cases of the imperial court, so how can I have time to check the cases of the people one by one. Even if the case is really important, it should first be handed over to the Clearance Division of the jurisdiction to which it belongs.

He dropped the case file casually, looking less concerned about the matter: "It's a mistake below." ”

Xia Guanben also felt the same, so he called the person in charge of the submission to check, but after he checked, he found that this case file was not handed over by his hand. In other words, this case file appeared in front of the lower officials out of thin air. ”

"Oh?" Xiao Yan was interested, and took the case file that he had thrown back into his hand, and looked at it carefully, and when he saw the name of a person mentioned in the case file, his hand couldn't help but pause slightly. I was afraid that I was dazzled, so I stared at the name again to confirm it, and then slowly closed the case file and said lightly, "Tomorrow, bring the parties in this case to the front of this official, and the official has something to ask." ”

When the commissioner stepped back, his eyes fell on the name again.

Song Ran.

He narrowed his eyes, could it be the one he had known recently, Miss Song.