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The days passed unhurriedly, and Lu Zhiyuan began to gain the upper hand in the confrontations with the salt merchants again and again, and as the days went by, the New Year came in a blink of an eye.

Lord Lu's home is thousands of miles away in the capital, and now that he is in office, he naturally can't go back, the New Year is to be spent in Jinling Mansion, and this New Year is destined to not be peaceful.

A few years ago, there were several battles in the border pass, and the most serious one was that the Nanrong people drove all the way in, almost breaking the tiger prison pass, and finally were resisted by the Dachu soldiers. The military situation was in a hurry, and the treasury was empty, so the imperial court put pressure on Lu Zhiyuan and asked him to recover the salt tax.

Lu Zhiyuan could only fight wits and courage with the salt merchants, and after several open and secret battles, in the end, the salt merchants just suffered a big loss a year ago and were forced to pay the salt tax, which was a temporary solution to the current predicament, but even so, it was still much worse than the salt tax calculated over the years.

The loophole of the Jiangnan salt tax is not a year or two, and the most fundamental reason for this situation is the collusion between officials and businessmen.

Lu Zhiyuan was also worried, on the one hand, the court was pressing, on the other hand, he didn't dare to force the salt merchants to be too tight, too much, if they were forced to have no way out, they chose to take risks, and in the end things did not work out but fell into a stalemate.

Bai Zhi followed Lu Zhiyuan's side during this time, and watched him stay awake at night in order to recover the salt tax, but in his heart, he would be unbearable for a long time, and after persuading him several times, he also knew that if the salt tax was not recovered for a day, and the disadvantages of the salt government were not completely solved for a day, it would be impossible for him to really rest at all.

She couldn't help much, so she could only turn some food upside down, so that Lord Lu could eat well every day.

Several things happened a few years ago, one of which was that Lin Suer officially fell out with the Xu family, and finally Lord Lu came forward, and Lin Suer exchanged most of the property left to her by Xu Zheng for a free body in the future.

After Lin Suer left the Xu family, she first lived in the inn, but it was not very convenient to stay for a few days, the inn was full of people, and it was really inconvenient for her to live in it as a woman. Later, she wanted to buy a house in Jinling City, but someone was a hindrance to it, and this house never bought what she wanted.

dragged on like this, and it looked like it was coming to the end of the year.

Lu Zhiyuan personally went to the inn, I don't know what the two said, and finally took her to the Lu Mansion, this time it seems that she is going to stay for a long time.

Bai Zhi was obviously surprised to see Lin Su'er again, in just a few months, Lin Su'er had lost a lot of weight, her eyes were blue, and her cheeks were almost sunken in, and she seemed to know that this time was not good.

Lin Su'er officially settled in the Lu Mansion, and in order to get her used to it, Lord Lu assigned a separate courtyard to her, and went outside to buy two clever maids to serve. As the end of the year is getting closer and closer, Lord Lu, who is busy with affairs on weekdays, is gradually becoming less busy, and he spends more time in the house every day.

In the past, the scope of Bai Zhi's activities was basically two places: Lord Lu's study and his own courtyard, but recently the two places have been significantly reduced to one.

Lin Suer appeared in the study more and more times every day, and each time it became longer and longer.

At first, I sent some soup and water, boiled pork ribs today, and stewed chicken soup tomorrow. Later, I started to talk about poetry with Lord Lu today, talk about poetry tomorrow, and talk about poetry tomorrow, and I can still find time to play a game of chess the day after tomorrow.

The two of them are very compatible.

Bai Zhi stood aside, acting like a fool, she couldn't understand their conversation with Zou Zou, and later Lord Lu didn't know whether he thought she was standing in the house in the way or something else, so he let her leave first when Lin Su'er came to the study.

On this day, Lin Su'er set up a stove in the warm pavilion, warmed the wine on it, smoked incense in the house, and invited Lu Zhiyuan to taste wine and play chess.

Bai Zhi pursed her lips, pushed it out automatically, and looked back at the men and women sitting in the warm pavilion, only to feel that it was particularly eye-catching.

She snorted and returned to her yard, where the small bottle had already prepared hot milk tea and milk dumplings for her.

A while ago, someone gave Lu Zhiyuan some special products, which included milk tea, Lu Zhiyuan didn't like the taste, so he rarely drank it, but Bai Zhi liked it very much, so he asked for those milk teas, boiled a cup every day, and then went to the kitchen to order a plate of milk dumplings, and he could have a delicious afternoon.

"What did my sister bring back?" The small bottle arranged the food, and when she saw that she was holding a box in her hand, she asked casually.

"Go!"

"Ah, what's the use?" The vial asked, puzzled.

"I want to learn to play chess, and you will learn with me in the future!" Bai Zhi said angrily.

“...... Can you learn something else? The vial grimaced.

Bai Zhi shook her head calmly, "No! She then pulled out a chess game from her sleeve, "In the future, we will learn according to what is said above." ”

The vial shuddered, and she thought that the future might be unlucky.

Bai Zhi was very determined to study, and she almost stared at the chess game and the chessboard all afternoon, but it didn't seem to work very well, and Xiao Bottler was tired for her when she stood aside.

I don't know when it was dark in the house, and the light only came to light after the candle was lit.

"Sister, you can take a break." Vial reminded, "It's getting late, don't get tired of your eyes." ”

Bai Zhi threw the chess pieces in his hand onto the chessboard, and said weakly, "Why is this thing so difficult." ”

Xiao Bottler covered her lips and snickered, "Sister, if you want to learn, why don't you find a time to ask the adults?" ”

At the mention of Lu Zhiyuan, Bai Zhi suddenly felt a little annoyed, and estimated that she would be having dinner with Lin Su'er.

"I don't know what fun these black and white children have, I think they are just casually put away." Bai Zhi snorted.

Xiao Bottler naturally laughed at her again, "Sister, you want to learn how to play chess with adults when the time comes." ”

Bai Zhi was poked in the heart, a little embarrassed, and forced herself to quibble, "Of course not, I just want to see what is interesting about this thing." ”

She sat for an afternoon and felt uncomfortable with her shoulders and tired, so she put the chess game aside, got up and moved her neck, "What time is it?" ”

"It's time."

It was not early, and it was dark outside, she felt a little hungry in her stomach, and was about to order something to eat, when she heard that Lord Lu was coming.

Lu Zhiyuan stepped into the courtyard by moonlight, he played a few games of chess with Lin Su'er in the afternoon, and then he was called away, and he was busy until now, thinking that he hadn't seen Bai Zhi in the afternoon, and he didn't know what she was doing, so he wanted to come over and take a look, if she hadn't used dinner yet, they just used it together.

Hearing that Lord Lu was coming, Bai Zhi's first reaction was to quickly hide the chessboard pieces on the table, she didn't want Lord Lu to find out that she had nothing to do and secretly learned this.

Lu Zhiyuan entered the room, and when he opened the door, he saw the woman standing next to the bed, looking at him with big eyes as if he was a little nervous.

He could almost subconsciously conclude that Bai Zhi had something to hide from him, he glanced at the messy quilt behind her, and said casually, "This is just waking up?" ”

Bai Zhi yawned and nodded, "Well, I just woke up." ”

"Oh." Lu Zhiyuan took a few steps forward, and Bai Zhi saw him approaching and hurriedly greeted him, pulled his sleeve and said, "Have you had dinner?" ”

"Not yet." Lu Zhiyuan glanced at him and replied.

"That's right, I'm useless, let's go together." Bai Zhi smiled and proposed, she and Lord Lu often eat together, at first because of the identity of Bai Zhi was a little awkward, but it couldn't stand Lord Lu seemed to like watching her eat, and after a long time, she got used to it.

"Is there anything you'd like to eat?" Lord Lu asked, glancing over her at the bed behind her.

Bai Zhi originally planned to make a bowl of noodles by herself and make do with it, but when Lord Lu came, she couldn't make do with it, thinking that it was cold outside, it was better to eat a pot, which could not only keep warm but also simple.

I mentioned this idea to Lord Lu, and seeing that he didn't object, he asked people to prepare to go.

When there were only two of them left in the room, Lord Lu always glanced at the bed when he saw her, and he was even more sure that there was something strange on the bed.

"What's in the bed?"

"Nope!" As soon as she said this, she felt that she was reacting a little bigger, and shook her head again, "What can I have in bed." ”

Lu Zhiyuan still didn't believe it, and walked to the bed, Bai Zhi was suddenly anxious when she saw it, she hurriedly wanted to stop it, but the man moved faster than her, seeing that the person was about to get close to the bed, she gritted her teeth and stomped her feet, and ran directly to Lord Lu and reached out and hugged him directly.

The sudden embrace of the woman, with the unique fragrance of the woman, successfully stopped Lord Lu's steps, he looked down at the woman who was hugging him tightly on his chest, and a helpless smile appeared on his lips.

"I think you just have a ghost in your heart." Lord Lu gave a comment.

Bai Zhi does have a ghost, she doesn't want Lord Lu to know that she is secretly learning to play chess, since Lin Su'er came, she feels more and more that she is useless, and she has a faint inferiority complex in her heart.

Lu Zhiyuan saw that there was a sudden sadness in her eyes, and he lowered his head to hook her jaw, and lowered his head to kiss her little by little.

Bai Zhi was completely stunned this time, and her heart suddenly drummed, which made her breathe and couldn't help but lift, and her eyes slowly closed.

And just as she closed her eyes, the man reached over her and lifted the quilt directly on the bed, revealing that there were chessboards and chess pieces hidden under the quilt, as well as a chess book.

The sudden action made her mistaken, and the reaction was a strong discomfort in her heart, Bai Zhi's face froze, and she pursed her lips and did not speak.

Lu Zhiyuan seemed to understand when he saw something, and sighed softly, "If you want to learn to play chess, just tell me directly, you can't learn it by hiding in the house." ”

Bai Zhi lowered her head and said a little angrily, "I know I'm stupid, so I shouldn't learn these things." ”