Will Ming

(Thank you, Nima, cheating father, for the reward, please.)

Chapter 440 Eight Events

Yesterday in the small courtyard, Li Xian went mad and chopped off a plum tree. Today, the place where the plum tree was originally planted in the small courtyard has been replaced by a transplanted peach tree. Cheng Jiu couldn't survive, but Li Xian seemed to feel that the empty yard was ugly, so he insisted on getting a mountain peach tree halfway up the mountain to be moved.When it was halfway up the mountain, the peach tree and the mountain scenery complemented each other, but when it came to the yard, it looked a little pitiful alone.

When it was warm again in the afternoon, after dealing with some matters in the village, Li Xian brewed a pot of fragrant tea and sat under the newly transplanted mountain peach tree by himself. Holding black and white in one hand, without hesitation, the moves were extremely fast, and a large piece was placed on the chessboard in a short time.

He lowered his head, stared at the chessboard, and played games with himself, but his expression usually didn't show any seriousness, as if he didn't find it difficult for such a brain-consuming thing.It just seems that the places where he makes moves and the number of moves he moves are a bit weird.

Just as he was laying out about half of the chessboard, Jiaer walked in holding a stack of files that Ye Huaixiu had sorted out.These things are the files that Ye Huaixiu arranged for secret spy investigations and sorted out some people with suspicious identities.Ye Huaixiu asked Jiaer to send Li Xian here to have a look. These things are relatively obscure, after all, we can't let too many people know that the people from the Military Inspection Office are investigating spies.

No one could be sure if there were any spies in Yanyun Village, and even Ye Huaishu, who seemed a little suspicious, didn't immediately arrest them, because she knew that not all of these people were spies sent by other leaders of the rebel army. There are also many people who are spies sent by the big families, just to see if Li Xian has the possibility of achieving hegemony. If there is, these people from the big families will immediately post it like flies.

For these people, Ye Huaixiu had no dislike, and neither did Li Xian. On the contrary, Li Xian still admired these people who entered Yanyun Village to observe under the order of the family.These people only came here for the benefit of the future, and unless necessary, they would not do anything wrong to Yan Yunzhai.And these people from aristocratic families, even if they are only descendants of branches and collateral lines, everyone has good abilities. Such people are not harmful to Yanyun Village, and there are even many advantages to serving as low-level officials.

Jia'er walked into the small courtyard with a stack of files in her arms, but just as she was about to speak, she saw Li Xian staring at the chessboard intently.I have never seen Li Xian interested in this nineteen-way game. This is the first time Jia Er has seen Li Xian playing chess, and it is playing against herself, so she is very curious.

Walking slowly to Li Xian's side, Jia'er looked down at the chessboard carefully and then frowned slightly.The chess pieces on the chessboard look messy and disorganized, which is awkward no matter how you look at it.She has always been by Ye Huaixiu's side. Ye Huaixiu is a person who likes to play chess very much. When there is no one else, he will set up a mess by himself, and Jiaer follows her closely. Although he is not a big man, at least he has entered Door.

It was also because of Jiaer's lack of confidence in herself that she didn't dare to directly tell Li Xian's mess.

"can't read?"

Li Xian tilted his head and asked Jiaer with a smile.

"What kind of game is the general setting up here? The black and white pieces alternate, no matter how you look at it, there is no structure, and there is no situation, as if it is randomly arranged. But it seems that some patterns can be found, which makes me headache."

"Where is it so complicated!"

Li Xian smiled and said: "You know that I am very lazy. I will never use my hands when I can, and I will never use my brain when I don't know how to use my brain. Go is such a profound and labor-intensive thing. It’s just a headache, let me use my brain to think about how to plan and win, it’s better to let me chop firewood and carry water. So don’t think it’s so complicated, and what I’m playing is definitely not as complicated as you think.”

"Not complicated? But I still can't understand it."

Jia Er sighed, "Am I too stupid?"

"It's not that you're stupid, it's just that you haven't come into contact with such an extremely simple thing. It's called... um... backgammon."

"Can the general teach me?"

"Okay, first put down the pile of annoying things in your hand, come on, I will teach you. It's not that the general is bragging. Go is too complicated and a headache. I'm not good at it. But backgammon, up to now, I'm not good at it. I have never lost in a competition with others. I think that when I was in Da... in Dayan Mountain, no one was my opponent."

He smiled proudly and said, "I taught you to play a few games with me, but I won't let you. The chess game is like a battle game, I won't show mercy."

After half an hour, Li Xian put the chess pieces back into the box annoyedly, then looked at Jiaer and asked, "Can you play? Can you play? After teaching you for a long time, can you play backgammon like this? Are you still laughing?" ? Why do you still have the nerve to laugh?"

He looked at Jia'er and said angrily, "Can't you let me? Are you embarrassed? Win seven games in a row, are you embarrassed? I won't play anymore. I wanted to win a few rounds to make me feel happier and see what you bring." These annoying things are already so annoying now, wouldn't it be more annoying to look at them again?"

"I……"

Jiaer opened her mouth and asked, "Then what should we do? How about we play a few more games, and I lose?"

"What's your name! Am I someone who can't afford to lose? Am I?"

"no……"

"You have to apologize to me for your words! No! It's no use apologizing!"

"That……"

"Then what, why don't you come over and beat me back, beat legs, kiss and kiss... If you make me angry, aren't you afraid that I will be angry?"

"Oh……"

"what!"

Li Xian said angrily, "Why are you biting my lip?"

Jia'er blushed, not daring to look at Li Xian's face: "The general's hand...the general's hand is not in the right place..."

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Li Xian glanced through all the files, looked up at Jia Er, but saw that the girl's face was still flushed.With his head down, he fiddled with the hem of his clothes and was a little at a loss.Not so long ago, those claws finally climbed to the peak of youth and fullness shamelessly. For Jiaer, it was tantamount to going through a dangerous experience.

Fortunately, Li Xian didn't hold her tightly, otherwise she would die of embarrassment today.Hold on, that's a good word.

"You don't need to care about these people. They are nothing more than eyeliners placed by the big families. Let the people in the Military Inspection Office pay more attention. The reason why the Military Inspection Office can find out so quickly is because they are not afraid of being exposed. I am afraid that there will be many people like them from all walks of life. Recently, the Cui family, the Wang family, and the Lu family have all sent people to Dou Jiande. It is not because people from those families think that Dou Jiande Is there hope for great things?"

"Not too many people come to our Yanyun Village, and I know the reason."

Li Xian put down the file in his hand, smiled and said: "The reason why Dou Jiande is favored by the children of those aristocratic families is because he has been continuously expanding his territory in the past two years, and he has already exposed his ambition by calling himself the King of Changle." People from those aristocratic families know that Dou Jiande is going to be the emperor, so they will immediately send people to stick to it. Regardless of whether Dou Jiande can become emperor in the future, the bet must be placed first."

"There are not many people who come to our Yanyun Village, because our Yanyun Village has not done much in the past two years. Although we have won several battles, they are all passive. Since occupying the two counties of Qilu, Yanyun Village We didn't want to expand any further. We won so many lands by defeating Wagangzhai before winter last year. We just moved the people into the three counties, and didn't send troops to garrison at all. Gradually, we were defeated by Wagangzhai People took it back, or it became a shelter for other small groups of rebels."

"That's why people from those aristocratic families can't see my ambitions. They think that I just want to sever a piece of land in the Sui world instead of fighting for the whole world. So they think it's worthless to bet on me. Some people are watching."

Jia Er nodded, her mood gradually calmed down and she said: "Miss said that if you want to fight for world hegemony, you cannot do without the support of aristocratic families, unless you wipe out all the families in the world at once. But this is obviously impossible As for the matter, the faction is divided into one side, with their support to expand the territory and increase the strength of the troops, it will be twice the result with half the effort, but without their support, if they go to fight wherever they go, if they cause dissatisfaction of all the families and join hands to resist, I am afraid that it will end in dismay. "

Li Xian nodded and said: "She's right. In the beginning, in order to win over the common people, the chiefs who caused troubles used the name of killing big families to share their property, but once they made a small achievement, they immediately contacted the aristocratic family because of this reason. "

"Then what shall we do?"

Jiaer asked.

"Nothing to do."

Li Xian smiled and said, "For the time being, I don't want those people to stick to me like dog skin plasters."

He looked at the things in his hand, frowned slightly and asked, "Why is there no news from Liu Heita?"

Jiaer said: "The team that went north to escort Qiu Chunjiao's family just crossed the Yellow River, and they didn't go directly to Su Dingfang. General Niu said that he would check the situation in Hebei for the time being, so that he can figure out the relationship between Su Dingfang and Liu Heitai. Find a way to get in touch with the secret spies lurking in the state army. Recently, there has been a big movement in the state army, and the secret spies have temporarily hibernated."

Li Xian remembered the news sent a few days ago, nodded and said: "Dou Jiande looks like a trustworthy employer on the surface, but in fact he is narrow-minded. Wang Fubao is loyal to him, and he has been working with him since the beginning. The result is because Disagreeing with Dou Jiande's proclaiming the emperor caused his dissatisfaction, Wang Fubao made great achievements in the war, and more than [-]% of Dou Jiande's territory was conquered by him, but because of the disagreement, he was imprisoned when he said that he was imprisoned."

A while ago, several literati under Dou Jiande came to him and asked Changle King to advance to the throne and proclaim himself emperor.Dou Jiande pretended to decline a few times and agreed.