In the room, the atmosphere was suffocatingly tense.

Ling Ruiyin's eyes stared at the chessboard with a mistake.

On the chessboard, the sunspots fall first, but the momentum is not fierce, and it is a country of its own; Baizi descended, but it was menacing, and there were signs of a counterattack.

Seeing that Bai Zi surrounded most of the sunspots, Ling Ruiyin secretly wiped a cold sweat for Shi Qingxue.

Shi Baoning's face already had a faint look of pride, as if he could put Shi Qingxue to death in the next second.

Qingxue is still unhurried and falls at her own pace.

Just when Shi Baoning was about to 'close the net', he found that his 'net' was unknowingly infiltrated by sunspots, and it couldn't be closed at all!

And looking at the overall situation, the sunspots that originally seemed to be loose have each stood on the 'fortress'.

Finally, when Shi Qingxue pressed the sunspot somewhere.

Her cold voice rang out, "You've lost!" ”

As soon as Shi Baoning's hand was released, the white glass chess pieces landed on the jade chessboard, making a crisp sound.

"No, it can't be!" Shi Baoning's eyes widened in disbelief, not believing that he who had an advantage a moment ago would lose.

But when you count the number of black and white on the chessboard, the black and white are exactly one and a half more than the white ones.

Shi Baoning still didn't believe it, she looked at the chess pieces on the chessboard back and forth several times, and kept muttering: "Impossible, impossible, there must be somewhere miscalculated......"

It wasn't until this moment that Ling Ruiyin's heart was put down.

Seeing that Bao Ning was still entangled, and there was even a tendency to get more and more intense, he hurriedly stopped it in a deep voice.

"Okay, this game is won by Qingxue."

She looked at Shi Baoning and warned in a cold voice: "Lord Baoning, please respect yourself!" ”

Although these words were not reprimands, they were like a basin of cold water on her head, pouring her heart cold.

Her hand shook, and she just knocked over the chess pieces, and the white and translucent chess pieces were scattered on the chessboard.

The chessboard is scattered, and the final win-lose position is no longer visible.

Shi Baoning was overjoyed at first, and suddenly looked up at Ling Ruiyin.

Ling Ruiyin's expression was serious, and she didn't give her a chance to fantasize at all, and said directly: "The final outcome of this game of chess has been decided, clean up the chess pieces and prepare for the next round!" ”

As for whether the current chess game is still intact, it does not affect the determination of winning or losing at all.

Shi Baoning's disillusionment was shattered, and he watched his subordinates put the black and white chess pieces into the chess box.

How ecstatic she had been before, now she was saddened.

She couldn't even figure out why she lost to Shi Qingxue?

Shi Qingxue's chess skills are obviously inferior to her, and she doesn't even have the patience to sit down and play a game of chess, how could she lose to the other party?

Shi Baoning couldn't figure it out, and finally attributed the problem to Shi Qingxue's cheating - even if she didn't find anything.

She stared at Shi Qingxue viciously, and reprimanded in a deep voice: "You are so deceitful, despicable!" ”

Shi Qingxue: "......"

She felt as if she didn't know the word 'despicable' anymore, and it was a shame that Bao Ning had the face to say it.

However, Qingxue did not rush out to refute Shi Baoning's words, but said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Shibei should be impressed for three days, big sister, do you remember the last time we played chess?" ”

Shi Baoning was stunned by the question.

suddenly remembered that after Shi Qingxue was said to have sparse chess skills, she rarely showed her chess skills in front of others.

The last time the two played chess together was when Shi Lei was alive.

In the past ten years, she thought that she had made great progress in her chess skills, but she forgot that others could also improve.

And it is obvious that Shi Qingxue's chess skills have improved faster than her.

In the game of chess just now, Shi Qingxue is afraid that she has begun to deploy her strength from the beginning of the game, and she will only be wiped out in the best period.

And she was carried away by her self-confidence, and it was not until the last moment that she realized that she was beaten and powerless.

Just when Bao Ning was thinking wildly, someone came to report quickly.

"Empress Dowager Qi, General Wei asks to see you."

General Wei?

When these words were spoken, everyone in the room was stunned.

Which General Wei?

The subordinate added: "It's the Acropolis General." ”

The acropolis of the Shi Jiajun, who was once Shi Junhe's deputy general, made great contributions to the crusade against the rebels this time, and was named a hussar general by Mo Junyujin.

Acropolis is a member of Shi Jiajun, and when he entered the palace to see the Empress Dowager at this time, he must have heard that she was going to choose a new commander for Shi Jiajun.

Ling Ruiyin glanced at the other three people in the room, and then ordered, "Please Mrs. Shi and the others to sit in the ear room, and then talk about the follow-up matters after seeing General Wei in the palace." ”

"Yes!"

The Acropolis walked in with a brocade box, and when he saw Ling Ruiyin, he knelt down to greet him in a proper manner: "Weichen has seen the Queen Mother, please say hello to the mother." ”

"General Wei is exempt."

Ling Ruiyin is also a person who has been on the battlefield, and he has a natural courtesy to military generals.

She asked her subordinates to help the Acropolis up, and asked gently: "I don't know why General Wei came to see the mourning family?" ”

"The last general heard that Niangniang wanted to choose a coach for the Shi family army, and the last general came for this."

Ling Ruiyin nodded, "This is indeed the case. ”

Speaking of this, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she hurriedly asked: "Although the military power is in the Shi family, but the Shi family army is also your soldiers, I don't know what General Wei thinks about the successor commander?" ”

The Acropolis was respectful and humble, and replied in a deep voice: "The last general has been a member of the Shi family army since the day he entered the Shi family army. He was deeply favored by the two heads of the Shi family, and swore allegiance to the Shi family, so he asked Niangniang to be the next head of the Shi family as the head of the family.

The whole army of the Shi family and the last general all have the same idea, this is the petition of 100 people of the last generals, please take a look. ”

"Oh?"

Ling Ruiyin was taken aback, looking at the petition handed over by the acropolis, and hesitated for a moment.

The '100-person petition' is a special way for officers and men in the army to express their demands.

The military has always been the place where the upper and lower levels are most distinct, and it has always been the superiors who give orders, and the subordinates must obey them unconditionally and must not violate them.

But there is also a special circumstance, if the subordinates of the barracks have a strong will, they can write a petition together with 100 meritorious soldiers and submit it.

As long as this demand is not too excessive, those in power will basically have to satisfy them.

This petition is not so easy to sign, and once signed, it means that you have given up all the merits you have accumulated before.

Those who will join the barracks, in addition to the grand ambition of going into battle to kill the enemy and defend the country, are they not just to make some contributions and get ahead?

A petition will make all your previous efforts in vain, and if it is not really a strong demand, no one will be willing to sign it.

The last time there was a 'petition of 100 people' was when Emperor Mo Shi raised troops to overthrow the tyrannical government of the previous dynasty.

Reappears after more than 40 years, no matter what Shi Jiajun's demands are, it is impossible for Ling Ruiyin not to agree.

Ling Ruiyin was apprehensive, but still didn't open the silk in his hand, but asked: "You just said that you all support the next head of the Shi family to succeed as the boss." But after General Shi died in battle, the Shi family did not elect a new head of the family! ”

The head of the family is usually succeeded by the eldest son of the family. However, the Shi family is weak, Wen Renchi was once the son of the Shi family, but he is not the bloodline of the Shi family, and later moved out of the Shi family, so he is definitely not qualified to be the head of the family.

As for the remaining two little babies, although their identities match, the older children are not even qualified for the title of Shi Guogong, let alone become the head of the Shi family and the Shi family's army!

Acropolis said: "Before General Shi died, he personally handed over the Shi family order to the sixth lady. Miss Six is the successor head of the Shi family.

The last generals also hope that the sixth lady can lead the Shi family army in the future, and also ask the empress dowager to meet the demands of the last general and others. ”

Ling Ruiyin couldn't be surprised that Shi Junhe actually gave Shi Qingxue the Shi family order before he died, and asked calmly: "So, do the top and bottom of the Shi family army hope that Qingxue will succeed as the commander?" ”

"That's right!" The voice of the Acropolis was sonorous and powerful.

As soon as these words came out, let's not talk about Ling Ruiyin's mood, but Dong Hui and the others in the ear room were full of surprise.

They all turned their heads to stare at Shi Qingxue, with anger in their eyes, as if asking: Why didn't you say something so important.

Shi Qingxue was also a little surprised, she didn't expect that she hadn't done anything - she thought - but she could get the soldiers of the Shi family army to jointly petition to succeed the commander of the Shi family army.

Why?

How can she?

Ling Ruiyin outside also asked a similar question.

The Acropolis replied without hesitation.

"Miss Six grew up in the army since she was a child, she was able to eat and live with the soldiers, and she was carefully taught by the two generals, with outstanding ability and love for the soldiers. The last general thinks that only Miss Six can lead the Shi family army, and I hope that Niangniang will be gracious! ”

His words were sonorous and powerful.

So much so that for a long time after he finished speaking, there was no second voice in the room.

After a while, Ling Ruiyin slowly spoke, but he didn't say anything to death.

"Your appeal is known to the mourning family, you go back first, and the mourning family will make an order later."

"The last general will thank Niangniang Longen."

The Acropolis did not entangle, and after three knocks in a row, he bowed and retreated.

Ling Ruiyin only opened the 'Petition of 100 People' at this time, and shouted to the ear chamber after a while: "You can come out." ”

After she sent the 'Hundred People Petition' to the three of them and looked at them one by one, she said lightly: "There shouldn't be any need for the third competition to go on, right?!" ”

Shi Baoning was indignant but had nothing to say.

The 'Petition of 100 People' can even influence the emperor's decision in some ways, no matter what the result of their competition is, it is impossible for Ling Ruiyin to hand over the military power to Shi Baoning.

But Shi Baoning is unwilling!

Why can Shi Qingxue easily win everyone's favor, so that everyone likes her and chooses her.

She is obviously better than Shi Qingxue, but she was dragged down by her weak body so she couldn't go to the military camp to exercise when she was young, is this also her fault?

Probably because the resentment on Shi Baoning's face was too obvious, Ling Ruiyin sighed slightly, and asked gently, "Lord Baoning, but does he still have something to say?" ”

"Yes!"

Shi Baoning stubbornly raised his head and said arrogantly: "The Shi family army is our Shi family, and the position of commander has been decided by the top since ancient times, and there has never been a so-called obedience to public opinion.

So even if Qingxue is supported by all the soldiers, it is not right! ”