Volume 14 Chapter 7 (3)

In Lu Qi's mind, this Mr. Liao will most likely ask some of his past tone to listen to him, this person is not purely a wise man who does not listen to things outside the window, he must have his own views and considerations about the general trend of the world, although his own opinions are limited, but he has lived in the Xindu County Lord's Mansion for a while, but anyone who has a heart will not let go, even if he can only know some subtle and trivial things, he may not be able to affect the overall situation in the future, she has already made up her mind, although this person has Qingping's life in her hands, she must not talk nonsense in order to please him, no matter how sincere Luo Chengyu treats herself, she always receives his kindness。

The development of things was beyond Lu Qi's expectations, after sending Ximen Lie away, Liao Shuiqing did not ask her anything, but walked quickly to the corner of the cabin, turned out a sand table from under a pile of scrolls, moved to a map on the left bulkhead, sat down cross-legged, took off the hairpin that tied her hair, and drew lines of handwriting on the sand table. Lu Qi looked at it from afar, it was full of some "heaven", "earth", "people", "things", "too" runes, a little thought, you know that this is the "Tianyuan Quaternary" recorded in the "Measuring Garden Sea Mirror", this kind of arithmetic is very complicated, Lu Qi has also learned some before, but neglected to practice, has long been a little unfamiliar, only to see Liao Shui liquidated very quickly, as if flowing water, not long before the three elements have been eliminated, then it is time to use the "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" in the "opening method" Continuing to calculate, I saw Liao Shuiqing take a handful of calculation chips, push away the scroll next to his left hand, and arrange them on the ground into four lines: business, practice, law, and borrowing, and fiddle with it. However, the results had already been reached after dozens of breaths, and he took a pen and paper, and wrote down the numbers on it, and so on, and counted repeatedly, but in half an hour, hundreds of numbers had been densely written on a blank piece of paper. After the calculation was completed, Liao Shuiqing did not stop, but drew strange shapes on the sand table. After a moment of silence, he wrote a dozen lines under the picture, and then his left hand was like flying, and his right hand was writing hard. After a while, a few blank sheets of paper had been written, scattered around the front and back, but Liao Shuiqing turned a blind eye, except for occasionally glancing at the way on the sand table. And he never looked up again.

When Liao Shuiqing was immersed in calculations, Lu Qi had already unconsciously walked closer, although he didn't dare to disturb, he picked up the paper that Liao Shuiqing threw down and looked at it slowly. She is a senior disciple of Mr. Qingjue, and she also has some experience in arithmetic, but compared to Liao Shuiqing, it is a world of difference. The previous "Tianyuan Four Yuan" and "Prescription Technique" can also be comprehended. Now he can only barely see that Liao Shuiqing is deducing the amount of earthwork and labor required for a section of river embankment according to the calculation recorded in the "Ancient Calculations". It's just that "The Ancient Arithmetic" is already "secretive" and "difficult to read", but Liao Shuiqing used "Tianyuan Technique" as an auxiliary. As far as Lu Qi knows, this kind of calculation method does not seem to be circulating in the world today, so although most of the methods arranged on the paper are recognized, they are intertwined together but they make people feel like falling into the clouds, but they can also feel the subtlety and mystery of Liao Shuiqing's algorithm, and the connection is close, which makes people dizzy.

After reading less than two pages, Lu Qi felt dizzy, knowing that her mental strength was too weak and she couldn't be too distracted, although she knew a little about arithmetic, she was not very obsessed, and she didn't have a competitive heart, since she couldn't understand it, she put it aside and secretly looked at Liao Shuiqing. When I first saw it, she had a lot of doubts in her heart, and she didn't bother to look at it carefully, but now she has spare time, only to find that although this Mr. Liao has a beautiful appearance, a pale complexion, and looks quite young, in fact, there are many fine crow's feet at the corners of his eyes, but they are very shallow, which is difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, and the hair color is pale, and the temples are more frost marks, listening to his conversation with Emperor Yin, I think that he is only in his forties, but he already has signs of old age, mostly because he is addicted to arithmetic and has spent too much time on his mind.

Just as Lu Qi was in reverie, the old man in purple pushed the door in again, his eyes swept over the scattered papers, and he said helplessly: " Lord, the calculation of the river embankment earthwork is too time-consuming, I am afraid that it will not be completed without ten days and a half months, since you have promised Ping Xianzi and Mr. Simon to save people, if you are addicted to arithmetic, it is not good to miss the time, it is better to put it aside for the time being, so that you can rest for a day or two, and wait until Ping Xianzi takes the Demon Emperor Sword to the boat, and it is not too late for you to continue the calculation after you administer the needle and medicine to Miss Qingping. Seeing that the winter solstice is about to come, if it is a previous year, the lord should go to Jasper Village at this time, and since he has to postpone it for a few days this year, the lord must also take proper care of himself, otherwise after going back, his subordinates will only be afraid that they will be severely punished. ”

Liao Shuiqing seemed to be quite scruple about the old man in purple, and when he heard this, he put down his pen and said: "Okay, good, old Gu, I'll just listen to you,

received his life, if you annoy you, report it, I'm afraid that I will come tomorrow, alas, forget that there are still guests here, girl, treat you slowly, let you wait here for a long time. ”

Lu Qi lowered her eyebrows, held back the smile in her heart, and did not look up at Liao Shuiqing, who was full of chagrin, and said solemnly: "Where did Mr. say what he said, Lu Qi can see Mr. God's calculations with his own eyes, it can be said that he is fortunate in three lives, and Lu Qi did not get Mr. permission, so he peeked at Mr.'s handwriting, if there is any rudeness, please also ask Mr. Haihan." ”

Liao Shuiqing smiled: "These things are not a secret, some people are willing to learn and read, I only have joy in my heart, how can I be strange, I can't imagine that you are a girl who also knows how to do arithmetic, and you can actually see it, but it is much stronger than my daughter, okay, don't talk about it, if I delay it any longer, Lao Gu will be angry." ”

Lu Qi heard the words and peeked sideways, only to see that Lao Gu really had a gloomy face, as if he felt Lu Qi's gaze, and glanced at him coldly, Lu Qi only felt that his gaze was sharp and cold like a sword, and he faintly felt that this old man in purple was actually as ruthless as his appearance, so he subconsciously avoided it.

At this moment, Liao Shuiqing had already walked to the corner of the cabin, stretched out his hand and pulled a thin line hanging from the cabin roof, only to hear a few slight sounds, the map that occupied the entire bulkhead actually rolled up by itself, revealing a small door behind, Liao Shuiqing pushed open the door, a warm spring came to his face, so that the temperature of the cabin outside seemed to increase a little, Lu Qi stood behind Liao Shuiqing, his eyes were hindered, but he still saw at a glance that the one facing the cabin door was wide enough to accommodate two or three people to sit on the pineapple wooden couch, and immediately understood that it was a bedroom。 Liao Shuiqing didn't say anything, greeted Lu Qi, and then raised his feet and walked in, Lu Qi hesitated again and again, and countless thoughts flashed in an instant, but he finally firmly believed that such a wise man who concentrated on mathematics was definitely not a person with bad intentions, not to mention that she was originally suspicious of Liao Shuiqing's gender, so she just sighed slightly, and then walked into the inner cabin.

In addition to the bed, a table and a chair, as well as the bedside wardrobe are made of pineapple wood, the axe chisel carving is exquisite, it is obviously a master's handwriting, only a dark red flat-headed bookcase under the porthole on the left side, the knife work is rough, simple and unpretentious, it seems to be very ordinary, and the style of the whole bedroom is completely different, it seems a little abrupt, so Lu Qi's eyes subconsciously fell on the bookcase. At a glance, Lu Qi couldn't help but be secretly surprised, only to see that the bookcase did not use a tenon connection, obviously carved from a whole piece of wood, up and down the whole body, all in one breath, and the material is very special, although it is wooden, the texture is fine and straight, like copper cast iron casting, although the surface has been rubbed to be extremely smooth, but there is no scratch in sight, Lu Qi guessed for a long time, and can't think of what kind of wood this bookcase is made of, only know that it is not the red sandalwood and red pine commonly used by rich and noble people.

There is a black and gray tile inkstone on the bookcase, a pen holder similar to the material of the bookcase, in addition to the natural texture, there is no carving, there are several brushes of different thicknesses inserted in the pen holder, and even a charcoal pen used in the thrush in the boudoir, a red jade lion paperweight is pressed under a parchment roll, which is vaguely outlined with a fine pattern of blue-green ink, in addition, there is no book paper in the bedroom, which looks extraordinarily neat and clean.

Lu Qi saw all the things on the bookcase in his eyes, and forcibly stared at the square tile inkstone, in order to hide the turbulent waves surging in his heart, but the corner of his eyes still couldn't help but slip away to the red jade lion paperweight, in fact, seriously, this paperweight is not very precious and rare, but it is very similar to the paperweight she saw in Luo Chengyu's study, the size and appearance of the two lions are generally the same, and the carving method is also in the same vein, just a left bedroom, a right bedroom, clearly a pair of paperweights, but it was split into two, and they can not see each other again。 Luo Chengyu, Liao Shuiqing and other characters use the study, naturally will not be incomplete, this pair of paperweights is not an antiquity, in this way, the strange can be elusive, is Lu Qi was in shock, but behind Liao Shuiqing's deep voice sounded: "The girl recognized the origin of my inkstone, and her eyesight is not bad." ”

Lu Qi's heart shook slightly, turned around, smiled slightly, and was about to speak, but her eyes fell on Liao Shuiqing, but she couldn't help but be stunned, only to see that Liao Shuiqing had already loosened her robe, and her hair was untied, hanging down on her shoulders like a cloud, the moon white middle clothes were shrouded in exquisite curves, the neckline was slightly lower, revealing a swan-like beautiful neck, the throat was smooth and delicate, and there was no Adam's apple, obviously she was indeed a woman.