The two little ladies who played against each other did not have any dissatisfaction, each hand of these two was enough for them to learn for another three or five years, if they didn't have talent, maybe they wouldn't be able to understand a trick for ten years...... This is an opportunity for everyone present to improve themselves.

Gradually, the black and white pieces staggered across the entire chessboard, and with the breathless gaze of everyone, the two sides began to count.

After counting for a while, the little master on the tree said, "Don't count, Bai Sheng is half a son." ”

She put on the hat behind her back, jumped down from the willow tree, and walked to the opposite side of Xue Yuxiao, her hair was stained with misty droplets—at some point, a light rain was already floating outside the pavilion.

Xue Yuxiao finally met the heroine.

"Zhao Jun Li Qingchou." The little master raised his hand and saluted, using the etiquette in the rivers and lakes, and hugged his fist at Xue Yuxiao.

Li Qingchou.

The original heroine of this book.

Xue Yuxiao raised the fan and held the head of the fan, which was the gift of the scholars: "Xue Chanjuan." ”

Her words are not widely circulated, and only everyone at the Scholar Portal can know about it. Xue Yuxiao didn't want to scare away the heroine and onlookers as soon as she said her name-Sanniang's cruel name was like thunder.

Li Qingchou said: "The court is full of grass and moon Chanjuan, a good name." Your Excellency's chess skills are extraordinary, and I am not as good as you...... Unexpectedly, as soon as I came to Jingzhao, I met a girl with phoenix assets. ”

Xue Yuxiao was modest, and at the same time took a good look at her up and down.

It's pretty much the same as it was described in the book. Li Qingchou was dressed in a simple and unpretentious dark blue robe, with a black gold belt tied around his waist, and his long hair was only tied up with a bright red hair rope and tied into an uninhibited high ponytail, and there was no other decoration. She carried a bamboo box and a hat, and in the box were the books she had brought from Zhao County.

Li Qingchou is also looking at her - this talented girl must be from a wealthy family. Just the embroidered picture of the fan in her hand is already worth a thousand gold, not to mention this misty gauzy dress, beautiful appearance, gentle and solemn demeanor, I think it is a generation of Tianjiao who is famous in the capital.

Xue Yuxiao didn't forget his plan to come to see her: "Mrs. Li, a ...... in my garden"

What to say about my side chamber? How can this be done, there are few people in the world who hire a chess teacher for the men of the inner court, so they will definitely be rejected.

She paused: "One of my chess friends is also good at this, if the lady is willing, I want to hire you to be his chess teacher." ”

Li Qingchou shook his head and refused without hesitation: "It's not that I want to refute your face, Xue Niangzi herself is a chess master, why should I go over to show ugliness?" Besides, I came to Jingzhao to go to relatives and interact with people, so I may not be able to help myself. ”

Indeed, her life in the Li garden at the beginning was not very comfortable.

Xue Yuxiao thought of the plot and expressed his understanding. She glanced at Li Qingchou a few more times, and thought: "This is the almighty heroine who can write and shock the world in the future, and can be martial, although she still looks very immature now, but it is not wrong to be good friends with her." ”

Li Qingchou also commented on her in her heart: "This lady is young, and she has such attainments in chess, is it a heavenly girl who descends to earth?" Although they are all surnamed Xue, it is really different from the violent and terrible Xue Yuxiao who forcibly married Pei Gongzi. ”

Li Qingchou thought of this, and immediately said: "Although we have only met once, we have seen each other at first sight. Chanjuan, your talent and demeanor should be a wealthy lady, I don't know how many times better than the Xue family's gentleman, you have the same surname, do you have a relative? ”

Xue Yuxiao's breath stagnated, and he coughed lightly in embarrassment. Wang Heng next to him turned his head with a smile and didn't say a word.

She didn't answer, and the chess player next to her came up and said nonsense: "Little master, this is not interesting to say, that lady of Hades has now written a good argument and has been appreciated by Cui Shi Yushi, maybe she will soon become an official in the court." ”

"Little master, we are all children of poor families, but we can't afford to mess with her."

"Yes, little master, don't be tired of this girl."

Li Qingchou frowned, not looking very afraid. But she still said, "I lost my word." ”

Xue Yuxiao waved his hand, signaling that he didn't care, and said listlessly: "No relatives." ”

Because that's me.

Friendship? It's not a little better.

Li Qingchou breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I won't hide it from you, the son of the Pei family who he married recently was originally set for me." Although I don't know Pei Gongzi, my mother entrusted me to take care of the son of the deceased before she died, and now he jumped into the fire pit, no matter what, I have to rescue him...... This will definitely annoy the Xue family, and if I go to your garden to be a chess teacher, I'm afraid it will also implicate you. ”

After speaking, she was afraid that Xue Yuxiao would not understand the stakes in it, and emphasized: "The power of the Xue clan is greater than you think. ”

Xue Yuxiao: "......"

She was silent for a long time, and then held back a sentence: "Is it possible, she is very talkative?" ”

Li Qingchou said solemnly: "The rumors may be exaggerated, but these things she did doomed this person to be by no means a good person." Chanjuanniang, don't think too well of everyone else, you will suffer. ”

Xue Yuxiao said silently: "I know, I know...... I still have something to do, I'll go first......"

Li Qingchou grabbed her, took down a wooden card from his waist and handed it to her, and looked radiant: "Chanjuan, if you have any difficulties that can use me, or if you want to play a game of chess with me, you can take this sign to Zhao County Li's garden in Beijing, and I will live with the daughter of the main family...... Oh yes, Springwater Garden. ”

On the way to Chunshui Garden, Xue Yuxiao couldn't be more familiar. She maintained a friendly expression and nodded, put away the wooden card, said goodbye to Li Qingchou repeatedly, and then took Wang Heng into the carriage.

As soon as he got in the car, Wang Heng couldn't help laughing.

Xue Yuxiao sighed and said, "You are completely looking at my jokes." ”

Wang Heng's eyebrows curled: "I didn't expect Chan Niang's chess skills to be so amazing." Don't say it's her, even if it's me, it's hard to believe that you used to ......"

The two met once when they were very young.

At that time, the Xue and Wang families were still old friends. Xue Sikong and his mother sat under the porch to cook wine and listen to the rain, discussing the philosophy and world affairs of the previous day. Xue Yuxiao, who was only five years old, caught a butterfly in the rain in the garden and put it in a bottle.

At that time, he hid behind the screen, wanting to see what his mother said "Sister Yuxiao" looked like. He saw a girl doll carved in pink and jade, and she ripped off the wings of the butterfly in the bottle, and watched it crawl painfully on the ground with amusement.

The girl looked up and saw him behind the screen, and the gaze was almost indistinguishable from that of the crippled butterfly.

Wang Heng looked out of the car window, the smoky light rain had not stopped, almost exactly the same as that day when he was a child, but the people in front of him ......

Xue Yuxiao looked at him gently and helplessly, even if he was laughed at, he was not angry. She raised her hand, wiped the foggy wetness off Wang Heng's shoulders with a handkerchief, and pulled a cloak from the car onto his shoulder.

This is her cloak, fragrant and sweet.

Wang Heng lowered his head, and his Adam's apple rolled slightly: "The rain is very small, I didn't pour it." ”

How weak his body is, Xue Yuxiao has heard of it. She said: "That's not good, if you run out and get sick, Prime Minister Wang Cheng ......."

Xue Yuxiao was speechless.

His grip on the fabric tightened, and his breathing became tense and slow. The two are well aware of each other's identities, but they are still cautious and treading on thin ice to maintain a kind of apparent calm.

Xue Yuxiao turned to say, "I'll send someone to send you back." It's raining and you're not being around with anyone, so it's not safe. ”

Wang Heng reached out and grabbed the strap of the cloak, and his palms were dripping with warm sweat. He exhaled with great restraint and said softly, "...... Sister Yuxiao, can you send me? ”

Xue Yuxiao was stunned: "Huh? …… Yes. ”

It's nothing to send him back, just by the way. But when she appeared at the gate of the Wang family's deer park, she wouldn't be beaten out by Prime Minister Wang, right?

Chapter 14

The road was quiet, and the atmosphere gradually settled down.

Xue Yuxiao was afraid that he would be embarrassed because of the identity of the two of them, so he took the initiative to speak: "How is it?" Does Mrs. Li look very chic and heroic. ”

Wang Heng only felt that Li Qingchou's chess skills were amazing, but he felt that Xue Yuxiao could beat her by half a son, but it was even more amazing - as for the other party's appearance. It's a shame to say that he didn't see Li Qingchou's appearance.

If you want to talk about the woman's appearance...... He looked at Xue Yuxiao, stunned, and said, "Yes...... She looks like a good person. ”

Sanniang admires that Li Niangzi very much, Wang Heng is smart and clear, so naturally she will not lose face.

Xue Yuxiao was just about to answer, but after thinking about it, good person? How does this sound a little weird, could it be that the relationship between the male and female protagonists starts from "she is a good person"?

Although she is knowledgeable and thoughtful, it is a pity that she was busy with her studies before wearing books, and she has not been in love for more than 20 years, and she is not sensitive to things in love and love - even when she reads books, it is the author who writes "The female protagonist and the male protagonist are in love", she nodded, and the two of them fell in love by default.

As for how you fell in love, hey, isn't this kind of thing a matter of course? It must have been her problem that she couldn't read.

Xue Yuxiao said: "Good man...... That's okay, but Li Qingchou seems to have a deep prejudice against me......"

Speaking of this, Wang Heng couldn't help but think of her forcibly marrying Pei Yuxue, but this was not something that he should ask about a young man who was not yet married, so he endured it again and again, kept silent, and just asked her: "Can I still go to see you?" ”

Xue Yuxiao sighed helplessly: "Even if I say don't pretend to be a woman, will you listen to me?" If someone finds out, your family will have a reputation for generations......"

Wang Heng looked at her: "Be affectionate, stop polite, what are you afraid of." ”

Xue Yuxiao shook his head and said: "The world is difficult, and rumors are boiling......"

As she spoke, she knew that with Wang Heng's temperament, she would definitely not listen to such a gentle persuasion, so she said, "Then you have to bring a few more people next time, right?" You're alone, and it's not safe to go anywhere. ”

Wang Heng looked at her and nodded. These eyes are completely different from Pei Yuxue's coldness, like a handful of water winding down from the top of the mountain, gurgling to the bottom. His eyebrows are a little pale, and the whole person is like a soaked landscape painting with blurred brushwork.

Xue Yuxiao suddenly thought of the red mole on his lips.

Only when Wang Lang reveals his true face will his paleness and flamboyance complement each other, worthy of his reputation as a crown and accompanying capital.

The carriage stopped at a side gate of the deer park. Xue Yuxiao personally got out of the car to see him off and held up a bamboo umbrella.

The drizzle was pouring down, and the sound of dense raindrops falling on the umbrella surface. Xue Yuxiao sent him to the high wall of the deer park: "It's not early, go back quickly." ”

Wang Heng didn't reply for a long time, he stood quietly beside Xue Yuxiao, and suddenly asked, "If my mother hadn't-"

His hand covered the back of Xue Yuxiao's hand and held the handle of the umbrella. His hands were too warm...... It was so hot that it was almost hot, Xue Yuxiao even thought that he was a little hot because of the wind and rain, so he didn't hear his words at all, but immediately shook his hand to determine the temperature, frowned, and said, "Go back and fry a cold medicine, don't freeze...... What did you say? ”

Wang Heng didn't say anything more, just stared at her, and said for a long time: "...... No. I didn't ask anything, Sister Yuxiao, the rain is getting heavier, I'm going home. ”

Xue Yuxiao nodded.

He gathered his cloak and stepped under the rainless eaves.

Five-step, ten-step...... Wang Heng closed his eyes, stood in place and endured for a moment, and finally turned around and saw the back of the carriage in the smoke and rain.

……

On the way home, Xue Yuxiao was thinking about how to explain to Pei Yuxue - the chess friend and official heroine who promised him were unwilling to come.

This heroine ...... Why don't you want to come to see the male protagonist?

Although she didn't finish reading this book, the official match must have been correct. Isn't the time ripe enough?

It's possible. The heroine just entered Jingzhao, she hasn't become famous yet, she hasn't shown her amazing talent, and she hasn't seen the scarred male protagonist who was teased and insulted in public......

Wait a minute.

Scarred......

Being insulted in public......

Xue Yuxiao paused, stood outside the door and was stunned for a long time. She pushed open the door and saw Pei Yuxue drawing under the window.

Pei Lang was dressed in a light-pigmented shirt, a wide-sleeved thin shirt, his eyebrows were cold, his back was as straight as a pine and cypress, and his sleeves lingered on the case. In the corner of the bookcase is a scroll of peach blossoms, painted with falling flowers chasing his sleeves.

Xue Yuxiao stared at him, touched his chin, and said to himself: "Oops, so beautiful." I've healed all of my wounds......"

Pei Yuxue heard her footsteps and didn't look up: "You come and see." ”

Xue Yuxiao took off his coat and sat on the bamboo mat. She leaned over directly from Pei Yuxue and saw him drawing a diagram of alcohol distillation.

…… What? Can he actually draw it?

Xue Yuxiao's eyes widened, looking at this straight line, this clear pattern, there is no literati and ink writers to show off and embellishment, this is simply a very accurate, very indirect, can be placed in a junior high school chemistry textbook A diagram!